Daniel Ross is an American attorney known for his employment at the Law Offices of Cowan, Swain & Ross, where he worked as of 1993. Portrayal Daniel Ross is based on the character of the same name from Michael Crichton‘s novel. Although his name appears in supplementary material released with the special edition of Jurassic Park: The Game, he has not yet been referenced in the film canon proper, nor has he made an appearance. However, he was planned to appear in a brief scene in 1993’s Jurassic Park, with earlier scripts describing him as a Black man with a prosthetic arm. In his scene, he would have instructed his employee Donald Gennaro to show no mercy when investigating the safety of the park. The scene and Ross’s…
Miss Ortega is an American educator who as of 1993 taught Spanish to high school students. She taught at Jess Harding‘s high school, most likely in California.
The geologic time scale is a description of Earth’s geological past using the record discovered in its rock layers. This article includes a summary of this time scale including the five major subdivisions of geologic time: eons, eras, periods, epochs, and ages, all with their start dates and major events in Earth’s history. They are listed in the order they occurred in years before the present, with “present” defined as beginning on January 1, 1950. Because the geological record grows sparser when looking at older layers, due to millions or billions of years of erosion wearing away the rocks and destroying evidence, the divisions of geologic time appear to grow shorter and shorter the closer one looks to the modern age. Some people mistakenly believe that geologic change…
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a complex organic polymer-forming molecule. It consists of two polynucleotide chains which coil around each other, forming a double helix shape. DNA is often called the “building block of life” because it is the medium through which genetic information is stored, replicated, and utilized by the organisms which have evolved on Earth.
“Don’t Remember You” is a song by Jared Emerson-Johnson and the Lysine Contingency. It was written sometime prior to 1993. Behind the Scenes This song was actually composed for the 2011 video game Jurassic Park: The Game, featuring as a song written in-universe by Jurassic Park employees who had formed a band.
Medical gauze is a form of dressing typically made from woven cotton, designed not to adhere to a wound like other types of fabric would. Many kinds of modern gauze are coated in a fine plastic mesh in order to prevent the fabric from coming into direct contact with the wound, which further protects it from sticking to a burn or cut as it heals.
Maquire is the surname of a businessperson who ranked highly at International Genetic Technologies as of 1993. Other details about them are unknown at this time.
The AK-47 is a gas-operated assault rifle first designed in the Soviet Union but manufactured in many countries around the world. The ‘AK’ in its name stands for Avtomat Kalashnikova, which simply means “Kalashnikov’s automatic rifle,” after its designer Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov. It is the progenitor of the Kalashnikov rifle family, which includes some of the most widely-used firearms.
The Walther P99 is a German-made semiautomatic pistol manufactured by Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen. It was in service from 1997 to 2023. This firearm appears in Jurassic Park: The Game anachronistically. The game takes place in 1993, whereas design on the Walther P99 did not begin until 1994 in real life.
The orca (Orcinus orca), also known as the killer whale, is a species of large toothed whale in the oceanic dolphin family Delphinidae. They are the only extant species in their genus, and are among the most intelligent animals in the world; they are believed to be culture-forming animals. Their ancestors evolved approximately 3.5 million years ago, during the Pliocene age. Orcas are the largest of the dolphins, growing up to 26 feet long in males. Some marine biologists believe that orcas may actually constitute a few different species which can be recognized based on their habitat, anatomy, and behavior, but the precise number of species or subspecies is still being researched. They are found in surface waters in all of the world’s oceans, avoiding only regions where…
The whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus), also called the common swan, is a species of waterfowl in the family Anatidae. It is native to northern Eurasia, breeding throughout most of Russia, northern Scandinavia, and eastern Iceland and wintering in select locations ranging from the British Isles to Japan. There is a year-round population in western Iceland. They grow up to 5.4 feet long and have wingspans of up to nine feet. The largest confirmed specimen weighed about thirty-four pounds, making them one of the heaviest flying birds. Whooper swans feed on aquatic plants and tiny aquatic organisms and spend most of their time in wetlands. The International Union for Conservation of Nature ranks their conservation status as Least Concern.
The sasquatch, also called the bigfoot, is a cryptid species of hominid reported from much of North America. Sightings are most common in the Pacific Northwest, though claims also come from other northern forest environments. It is a part of a broader cultural tradition of depicting non-human hominids, typically portrayed as large and hairy, still persisting in areas of the world not densely inhabited by human societies. The sasquatch itself is described as being six to nine feet in height. While the sasquatch of modern pop culture is derived from European wildman legends, it is also partly rooted in Indigenous American traditions of hairy humanoid beings. These stories are all quite different from one another, and also different from bigfoot stories told by European-Americans. Cryptozoologists generally agree that…
The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) is a species of proboscidean in the elephant family Elephantidae. It is indigenous to the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia, inhabiting grasslands and a variety of forest environments. Asian elephants are large, reaching eight feet tall in cows and nine feet in bulls; reports of eleven- or twelve-foot-tall bulls are also known. This species is considered endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, with its main threats being habitat destruction and poaching. Asian elephants are the sole surviving species of the Elephas genus, and thus the closest living relatives of the mammoths. There are four recognized subspecies: Elephas maximus maximus, Sri Lankan elephant Elephas maximus indicus, Indian elephant Elephas maximus sumatranus, Sumatran elephant Elephas maximus borneensis, Borneo elephant
Queen Victoria’s waterlily (Victoria amazonica), also called the lilytrotter’s waterlily (uape jacana) in Brazil or Great Flower (Atun Sisac) in the Quechua language, is a species of giant waterlily in the family Nymphaeaceae. It is indigenous to the Amazon Basin, particularly Brazil and Guyana, and its leaves can grow up to ten feet wide. The stalk can grow up to twenty-six feet in length. These giant waterlilies are sometimes kept in botanical gardens outside their native habitat, where they are appreciated for their immense size.
Extinction is the process of a coherent lineage dying out. It is a major topic in evolutionary biology, particularly fields such as paleontology that deal with the distant past. Most of the species that have ever lived are now extinct, and this has been the case for the entire history of life. In every time period, the multitude of living things that exist are descendants of a comparatively small number of organisms. Since evolution means that descendants can become distinctly different from their ancestors, the species that gave rose to extant life are themselves usually extinct.
Staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) is a species of stony coral in the family Acroporidae. It is native to parts of the Caribbean Sea, including the Florida Keys, the Bahamas, and western parts of the Gulf of Mexico. This species is considered critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature; its main threats are disease and bleaching, the latter of which is caused by climate-induced stress. Genetic diversity in the remnants of what was once a widespread reef-forming species is very low, further threatening its viability.
Viral vector vaccines utilize viruses as a delivery mechanism for DNA into target cells in order to protect against disease. The delivered DNA is transcribed by the host cell in order to produce proteins or antigens which result in an immune system response. Viral vector vaccines were first developed in 1972 using a genetically modified SV40 virus, and many new types have been invented since. As of 2021, six viral vector vaccines were approved for use in humans.
The emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) is a species of large ratite bird in the family Dromaiidae. It is the only member of the emu family left alive today, and its closest living relatives are the cassowaries. Standing at over six feet (almost two meters) in height, it is the second-tallest species of bird. Emus are native to Australia and were formerly found on Tasmania and nearby islands, but were driven to extinction in these areas due to hunting by Europeans. Many ornithologists recognize six subspecies of emu, three of which are still extant: Dromaius novaehollandiae novaehollandiae: common emu, found in southeastern Australia Dromaius novaehollandiae rothschildi: Rothschild’s emu, found in southwestern Australia Dromaius novaehollandiae woodwardi: Woodward’s emu, found in northern Australia Dromaius novaehollandiae baudinianus: Kangaroo Island emu; driven to extinction…
Cassowaries are ratite birds in the genus Casuarius, a member of the family Casuariidae. They inhabit tropical forest environments in Papua New Guinea, northern Australia, and the Aru Islands. Although cassowaries mostly feed on fruit, they are omnivorous and will eat a wide range of foods. There are four known species of cassowary: Casuarius casuarius: southern cassowary, found in southern New Guinea, northeastern Australia, and the Aru Islands Casuarius unappendiculatus: northern cassowary, found in northwestern New Guinea and Yapen Island Casuarius bennetti: dwarf cassowary, found in New Guinea, New Britain, and Yapen Island Casuarius lydekkeri: pygmy cassowary, formerly found in New South Wales and Papua New Guinea; extinct as of the Pleistocene epoch
The titan acorn barnacle (Megabalanus coccopoma) is a species of large barnacle in the family Balanidae. It lives on Pacific coasts of Central and South America, although it occurs as an invasive species in other parts of the world due to fouling from ships. Growing up to two inches in both height and width, it is one of the larger barnacles. Fossils belonging to this species are known from the Pliocene, between 5.3 and 2.6 million years ago, during which time the barnacle lived as far north as Baja California; however, this area was farther south at the time due to continental drift.
