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Jurassic Park Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapter 5 Summary

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Chapter 5 Summary

The midwife does not report the death of the baby properly, but attributes its demise to sudden infant death syndrome. The lab in San Jose discovers that the saliva is different from what they would expect in wild animals. Meanwhile, the staff at the Tropical Diseases Laboratory at Columbia University looks at Tina Bowman's drawing, which was sent with the lizard carcass. They determine that the picture is an accurate rendition of a dinosaur. One member of the team offers to take the lizard carcass to museum for a second opinion, but Dr. Stone puts the carcass back into the freezer and tells them not to worry about it.

Chapter 5 Analysis

The last chapter in the first iteration gives a scientific confirmation of the reader's worst fears. The stories of Tina Bowman and of the midwife are no longer separate, unconnected incidents involving wild animals. There is now evidence to support a...
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