Tom Skerritt: Don Bared

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• Dr. Grant 'Doc' Roberts : [Grant, Jonah, Don and Martin viewing the fossil with flashlights]  This specimen is remarkable for the intact preservation of the hands and feet with ossified carpals and tarsals.

  Don Bared : It should increase an understanding of tetrapod limbs.

  Dr. Grant 'Doc' Roberts : Incredible, isn't it?

  Don Bared : Yeah, earliest known records of amphibians dates to 360 million years ago.

  Jonah Roberts : [awestruck]  That's longer than the human race has been around!

• Dr. Grant 'Doc' Roberts : Look, you can tell me this is none of my business, but I like Marty. He's a - he's a bright kid. Do you know why he took the fossil?

  Don Bared : To show off, that's why.

  Dr. Grant 'Doc' Roberts : I think you're wrong. I think he was trying to get close to you the only way he knew how.

  Don Bared : [laughing]  I love it. Amateur shrink, right? Stick to the animals, Grant. My kid is just fine.

  Dr. Grant 'Doc' Roberts : Does he get to spend much time with you?

  Don Bared : Well that's true. We don't spend a whole lot of time together but, uh, you know, I'm away a lot with the work I do, you know how that is, and he's - at boarding school. He understands.

  Dr. Grant 'Doc' Roberts : Are you sure?

  Don Bared : You know something?

  [bangs down his coffee cup] 

  Don Bared : You're right. You *should* mind your own business.