GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Just before the endorsement team’s tour of Jurassic Park, a Triceratops fell ill from eating West Indian Lilac, confusing their berries for gastroliths. During the endorsement team’s tour, Dr. Gerry Harding had game warden Robert Muldoon tranquilize the ill individual so it wouldn’t be aggressive around him.

Detailed explanation-2: -Melia azedarach, also known as the West Indian lilac or the chinaberry, was a poisonous plant found in Jurassic Park. Because of its toxic alkaloids it caused dinosaurs to get sick when eaten and was often used by the Chinese as a fish poison. The West Indian lilac was found in the Stegosaurus paddock on Isla Nublar.

Detailed explanation-3: -The berries of West Indian lilac are poisonous, but not fatal, to some dinosaurs. The brown-colored berries are easily overlooked when they fall among similarly-colored stones, causing dinosaurs to accidentally ingest them while foraging for gastroliths (smooth stones that aid the digestive process of herbivores).

Detailed explanation-4: -The sick Triceratops was portrayed in the film Jurassic Park by a lifelike animatronic. Her role originally belonged to a Stegosaurus, as in the novel; director Steven Spielberg opted to cast a Triceratops instead due to personal preference.