The lizards are never officially connected to the park, but it is heavily implied that they originated there and are in fact dinosaurs.ĭr. They are no ordinary lizards, and the symptoms that result from their bites are severe. A few days later, reports emerge about lizards attacking infants in their cribs. This scene foreshadows the horrors to come. The victim vomits blood and has a seizure, dying on the floor of the clinic. InGen employee Ed Regis gets off the plane with the injured victim but refuses to admit that he was attacked by dinosaurs. In the novel’s opening scene, a man who has been violently attacked is rushed from a helicopter to a local medical clinic in Costa Rica. In an attempt to be ahead of its rivals, InGen, a company run by eccentric John Hammond, fools investors into funding the creation of an amusement park containing real live dinosaurs. Molecular biology is a particularly dangerous and profitable field which has seen massive growth in recent years. Jurassic Park introduces its premise with a warning about the corruption of modern science: It is unchecked, based on profit, and unparalleled in human history in its achievements. This guide uses the 2015 Ballantine Books Mass Market Edition of the novel.
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