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“If I know Sarah,” Malcolm said, climbing down the scaffolding, “she’s going to show up on this island just looking great.”
Sure after Dodgson tried to drown her
any more.
One word
She could not see any of the people, and she didn’t want to see them.
Understandable.
They began to draw some tentative conclusions which both found exciting. But they also began to disagree. More than once they were asked to leave the restaurant; then they would go out into the heat of Guadelupe Street, and walk back toward the river, still shouting at each other, while approaching tourists hurried to the other side of the street.
Sounds about right
What had he done? In some bizarre corner of his mind, he wondered if he had imitated a mating cry. That was all he needed, to attract a randy dinosaur.
Serves you right you idiot
for.
Delete
It wasn’t a horse.
I should think not.
Her sudden movement startled the big animal, which snorted in alarm, and moved slowly away. It walked a few steps down the muddy shore and then turned back, looking at her reproachfully.
It just wanted to say hi :(
God damn
One word lower case
“Ian.” “Well, it’s a fact, although your modern airheads think it’s all so brand-new—” “Ian. You were talking about dinosaurs.”
Focus, Ian.
He had to get Levine back. That guy, he thought, was getting to be a real problem.
lol "getting"
Whatever nutrients they were obtaining from the dung, it must only be present in fresh specimens. That suggested a protein or hormone that would degrade over time.
Lysine?
Dodgson shook his head. “They’re maiasaurs,” he whispered. “This is going to be a piece of cake.”
I really hope the raptors eat you
He lifted the box like a gun, and stepped forward, into view.
He's going to make them crush those eggs
She listened to Sarah humming “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair.”
I LOVE HER
He considered going on to the next nest,
That would probably be wise.
He stepped on the leg of one of the babies, which screamed in fear and pain.
KILL HIM
Holding the gun high, Dodgson began to climb down into the nest himself. But as he started, he twisted his body—and the battery plug pulled out of the box. The sound abruptly died. In the clearing, there was silence.
Welp bye Lew
Sarah said, “He should be trying to put his sound machine together again. Are they really just going to stand there?” “Yes,” Malcolm said. “Why?” “They are misinformed,” Malcolm said.
lmao
Then the tyrannosaur nudged Baselton tentatively with his snout. And in that moment Dodgson realized that the animal could see him after all, and then the tyrannosaur swung his head laterally, striking Baselton in the side and easily knocking him to the earth.
Womp
Baselton raised his arms and shouted “You son of a bitch!”
Is he talking to the rex or to Lew
King was rolling down the window. “Maybe he just wants the egg back.” “No,” Dodgson said. “No!” He reached across the passenger seat, struggling with King as he drove.
You really shouldn't be fighting with your passengers while you're driving, Lew.
Suddenly, one of the tyrannosaurs burst from the trees in the road ahead. The animal stood there, snarling, blocking the road.
YEAH GET 'EM
“Turn around!” King screamed. “Turn around!”
Every now and then I fall apart
Dodgson flung open the car door, and jumped out into space. He plunged through the foliage, fell, hit a tree trunk, and tumbled down a steep jungle hill. Somewhere along the way he felt a sharp pain in his forehead, and saw stars for the brief moment before blackness enveloped him, and he lost consciousness.
Now can he die? Can the compys get him?
The radio clicked. Levine said, “Roxton is an idiot. He doesn’t know enough anatomy to have sex with his wife. His paper was a joke.”
OKAY WOW RUDE RICHARD LMFAOOOOOOO
Because the most common defense of prey animals is to freeze. A deer or something like that, it senses danger, and it freezes. A predator has to be able to see them anyway. And of course a tyrannosaur could.”
“It’s just like the other idiotic theory put forth by Grant a few years back
Poor Alan :(
Coffmann was one of those hard-drinking Hemingway types, with lots of affairs at home, and lots of tales of his adventures with the orangs in Sumatra, the ring-tailed lemurs in Madagascar. So she took him with her to a kill site in the savannah. And he promptly passed out.
Lightweight
But the second one behaved very differently. It did not move as they approached, but remained lying sprawled on its side, breathing shallowly, eyes glazed. “This one’s been hurt,” she said.
DEATH TO KING
“Hey!” Eddie said. The baby lunged forward, and clamped its jaws around the ankle of his boot.
GIT 'IM BABY
“Wait a minute,” Eddie said, looking down at his foot. “What am I going to do about the baby?” “Shoot it,” Malcolm said, over his shoulder.
I hate this
“Okay, Doc. I’m right behind you.” Eddie lifted his rifle, turned it in his hands.
He's going to steal it isn't he
That basic truth became the Heisenberg uncertainty principle: that whatever you studied you also changed.
King turned his head, and cried out as sudden, sharp pain ran up his neck to his skull.
That sounds bad
With an effort, King pushed himself away from the seat, toward the dashboard. Streaks of electric pain shot up his spine, but quickly subsided. He took a deep breath. I’m all right, he thought. At least, I’m still here.
Oh I was hoping his back got broken
Dodgson lay on his back, head downward, on the slope of the hill.
Drop the car on top of him
Dodgson looked dead.
The universe is rarely so obliging.
He put the car in gear, and gently stepped on the accelerator. The rear wheels spun. He engaged the front-wheel drive. At once, the Jeep rumbled forward, lurching through the branches. A moment later, he was out on the road.
Even idiots get lucky sometimes.
“Eddie,” Arby said. “He just got back. And he brought the baby with him.”
This can only end excellently.
Malcolm leaned forward. “He did what?”
CHAOS
“Too late to worry about that now,” Sarah Harding said. She had moved forward alongside the baby, and began strapping cardiac leads to the animal’s chest; they heard the thump of the heartbeat.
I like how she just rolls with this shit
“Gee,” Eddie said. “I just … you know. The whole syringe.”
Never go to medical school Eddie
“And my father was a vet.” Malcolm looked up sharply. “Your father was a vet?” “Yes. At the San Diego Zoo. He was a bird specialist.
Finally an explanation
“It’s mid-fibula. See it? A thin black line. That’s a fracture, just above the epiphysis.”
“The fibula won’t heal straight, so the ankle joint can’t pivot when he stands on his hind feet. The baby won’t be able to run, and probably can’t even walk.
We need something that’s rigid, but biodegradable,” she said. “Something that will wear off, or break off, in three to five weeks, when his leg’s healed.
Eddie said, “Doc? This is like one of your famous test questions. How to make a dinosaur cast with only Q-tips and super-glue.” “I know,” Thorne said. The irony of the situation was not lost on him. He had given problems such as these to his engineering students for three decades. Now he was faced with one himself.
KARRRRRRMAAAAAAA
“What we need,” Eddie said, “is an organic resin that will form a decaying binder. Like a gum of some kind.” “Chewing gum?” Arby said. “Because I have plenty of—”
Eddie said, “And what’ll hold the cuff together while you coat it?” “How about chewing gum?” Arby said. “You got it,” Thorne said, smiling.
