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Episode 20 - When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth

Welcome to the Juras-Sick Park-Cast podcast, the Jurassic Park podcast about Michael Crichton's 1990 novel Jurassic Park, and also not about that, too. 

Find the episode webpage at: Episode 20 - When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth


In this episode (stream it here!), my terrific guests David and Will from The Common Descent podcast, who chat with me about: The Common Descent Podcast, "Spook"lative evolution, Croc Month, Snake Month, Dinosaur Walk Museum, Pigeon Forge Tennessee, Jurassic Park III, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Jurassic World: Dominion, Star Wars prequels, fan reception, audience reception, monster movies, Godzilla, Crocodiles in Jurassic Park, crocodile gizzard stones, archosaurs, dinosaur cousins, nesting, infant rearing, archosaurs chewing, alligator courtship practices, mating dances, Prehistoric Planet, carnotaurus mating dance, snakes, Clever Girl, velociraptors, Robert Muldoon, velociraptors opening doors, forked tongues, phylogenetic deductions in Jurassic Park's dinosaurs, Mike Bowman, healthy Mesozoic ecosystems, conservation attempts, equilibrium, complexities of ecosystems, and a lot more!

Plus dinosaur news about:

Featuring the music of Snale https://snalerock.bandcamp.com/releases 

Intro: Sacrifice to the Inhuman Creature.  Outro: Latebloomer.

The Text:

This week’s text is When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth, spanning from pages 87 – 92.

The group enters the Visitor Center and Donald Gennaro presents the tasks set out for the consultants during their inspection of Hammond’s island. Malcolm’s mathematical principles reveal that they needn’t concern themselves with escaped dinosaurs.

Hammond and Malcolm have a tiff, just before Tim and Lex arrive for the tour. 

Discussions surround:

Costa Rican infant mortality rates, the Aswan Dam and Nile Delta, zoos, Contrivances of plot, Chaos Theory, Hubris, Crichton tropes, Hammond's god complex, Due Diligence, and Kids on Helicopters, and more!

Side effects: 

Cotton mouth and dry eyes. And the muchies... 

Find it on iTunes, on Spotify (click here!) or on Podbean (click here).

Thank you!

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Thank you, dearly, for tuning in to the Juras-Sick Park-Cast, the Jurassic Park podcast where we talk about the novel Jurassic Park, and also not that, too. Until next time! 

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