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    In practice, it involved industrial espionage, much of it directed toward the InGen corporation. In the 1980s, a few genetic engineering companies began to ask, What is the biological equivalent of a Sony Walkman These companies werent interested in pharmaceuticals or health; they were interested in entertainment, sports, leisure activities, cosmetics, and pets. The perceived demand for consumer biologicals in the 1990s was high. InGen and Biosyn were both at work in this field. Biosyn had already achieved some success, engineering a new, pale trout under contract to the Department of Fish and Game of the State of Idaho. This trout was easier to spot in streams, and was said to represent a step forward in angling. (At least, it eliminated complaints to the Fish and Came Department that there were no trout in the streams.) The fact that the pale trout sometimes died of sunburn, and that its flesh was soggy and tasteless, was not discussed. Biosyn was still working on that, and The door opened and Ron Meyer entered the room, slipped into a seat. Dodgson now had his quorum. He immediately stood. Gentlemen, he said, were here tonight to consider a target of opportunity: InGen.Dodgson quickly reviewed the background. InGens startup in 1983, with Japanese investors. The purchase of three Cray XMP supercomputers. The purchase of Isla Nublar in Costa Rica. The stockpiling of amber. The unusual donations to zoos around the world, from the New York Zoological Society to the Rantbapur Wildlife Park in India. Despite all these clues, Dodgson said, we still had no idea where InGen might be going. The company seemed obviously focused on animals; and they had hired researchers with an interest in the pastpaleoblologists, DNA phylogeneticists, and so on. Then, in 1987, InGen bought an obscure company called Millipore Plastic Products in Nashville, Tennessee. This was an agribusiness company that had recently patented a new plastic with the characteristics of an avian eggshell. This plastic could be shaped into an egg and used to grow chick embryos. Starting the follog year, InGen took the entire output of this millipore plastic for its own use.Dr. Dodgson, this is all very interestingAt the same time, Dodgson continued, construction was begun on Isla Nublar, This involved massive earthworks, including a shallow lake two miles long, in the center of the island. Plans for resort facilities were let out with a high degree of confidentiality, but it appears that InGen has built a private zoo of large dimensions on the island.One of the directors leaned forward and said, Dr. Dodgson. So whatIts not an ordinary zoo, Dodgson said. This zoo is unique in the world. It seems that InGen has done something quite extraordinary. They have managed to clone extinct animals from the past.What animalsAnimals that hatch from eggs, and that require a lot of room in a zoo.What animalsDinosaurs, Dodgson said. They are cloning dinosaurs.The consternation that followed was entirely misplaced, in Dodgsons view. The trouble with money men was that they didnt keep up: they had invested in a field, but they didnt know what was possible. In fact, there had been discussion of cloning dinosaurs in the technical literature as far back as 1982. With each passing year, the manipulation of DNA had grown easier. Genetic material had already been extracted from Egyptian mummies, and from the hide of a quagga, a zebralike African animal that had become extinct in the 1880s. By 1985, it seemed possible that quagga DNA might be reconstituted, and a new animal grown. If so, it would be the first creature brought back from extinction solely by reconstruction of its DNA. If that was possible, what else was also possible The mastodon The sabertoothed tiger The dodo Or even a dinosaur Of course, no dinosaur DNA was known to exist anywhere in the world. But by grinding up large quantities of dinosaur bones it might be possible to extract fragments of DNA. Formerly it was thought that fossilization eliminated all DNA. Now that was recognized as untrue. If enough DNA fragments were recovered, it might be possible to clone a living animal. Back in 1982, the technical problems had seemed daunting. But there was no theoretical barrier. It was merely difficult, expensive, and unlikely to work, Yet it was certainly possible, if anyone cared to try. InGen had apparently decided to try. What they have done, Dodgson said, is build the greatest single tourist attraction in the history of the world. As you know, zoos are extremely popular. Last year, more Americans visited zoos than all professional baseball and football games combined. And the Japanese love zoosthere are fifty zoos in Japan, and more being built. And for this zoo, InGen can charge whatever they want, Two thousand dollars a day, ten thousand dollars a day . . . And then there is the merchandising. The picture books, Tshirts, video games, caps, stuffed toys, comic books, and pets.PetsOf course. If InGen can make fullsize dinosaurs, they can also make pygmy dinosaurs as household pets. What t want a little dinosaur as a pet A little patented animal for their very own. InGen will sell s of them. And InGen will engineer them so that these pet dinosaurs can only eat InGen pet food. . . .

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