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Dr. Martin "Marty" Gutierrez is an American biologist living in Costa Rica who played minor yet important supporting roles in both novels. He likes to wear tweed clothing or Khaki and has a beard. He is arguably Richard Levine's best friend, Dr. Cruz is also a friend of his.

Background[]

Marty Gutierrez was born in 1960 in the United States of America, likely somewhere in the South. Gutierrez received his doctorate in herpetology (the study of reptiles) at the Yale University. He was appointed as field researcher at the Carare National Park in Costa Rica and worked on behalf of the Costa Rican government.

At some point he befriended Richard Levine, a wealthy dinosaur and paleontology fanatic. He was also familiar with Dr. Cruz.

In Jurassic Park[]

Dr. Gutierrez is summoned by Dr. Cruz to Puntarenas to observe his patient, Tina Bowman, who was attacked by a unknown species of lizard. From the description and a drawing Gutierrez concludes that the lizard has to be a Basiliscus amoratus. Although Tina was sure the lizard stood on two legs and its feet had three toes, Gutierrez was certain this wasn't the case.

However, after Cruz noted that Tina had keen observational skills (noting each day the different shirts he wore and how he never wore a different tie), he asked about the lizard again and Tina was certain the lizard stood on two legs. Dr. Cruz then asked Gutierrez to reassess his initial identification. Gutierrez then suspects that the lizard is perhaps a new species, searching for a new habitat due to recent deforestation. He then ventures off to the beach where Tina was bitten and finds half of the body of the same lizard being eaten by a monkey. Gutierrez collects the remains.

He sends the specimen to the Laboratory for Tropical Diseases of the Columbia University to be investigated by Dr. Simpson. Dr. Simpson is absent and the scientists just take over the 'classification' that Gutierrez gave to the specimen: a B. amoratus with a genetic anomaly. When Gutierrez gets the report of the lab, he thinks his first classification was right. On the contrary, he felt his view of a new lizard species may also have been correct.

After the Isla Nublar Incident, Gutierrez visits Alan Grant when the latter is detained in a hotel in San Jose because the authorities think he was somehow involved with Jurassic Park. He tells Grant about large lizard-like creatures in the Costa Rican jungle, and offers his opinion that Tim and Lex Murphy will probably be allowed to go home.

"Gutierrez pushed up from his chair. He waved to Tim and Lex, playing in the pool. 'Probably they will send the children home,' he said. 'There is no reason not to do that.' He put on his sunglasses. 'Enjoy your stay with us, Dr. Grant. It is a lovely country here.'
Grant said, 'You’re telling me we’re not going anywhere?'
'None of us is going anywhere, Dr. Grant,' Gutierrez said, smiling. And then he turned, and walked back toward the entrance of the hotel."
--The final words of Jurassic Park[1]

In The Lost World[]

Gutierrez continued to work at Biológica de Carara over the years following the Isla Nublar incident, now learning of the "Aberrant Forms", carcasses of unkown animals washed up on Costa Rica's beaches. He knew of further operations attempting to kill off the dinosaurs that had reached the mainland, such as a clean up in the nearby mountains. By 1995, he meets up with his friend Richard Levine at the place where one of the "Aberrant Forms" (possibly an Ornitholestes) is first found after a two year absence.[2][3]

Trivia[]

  • Marty Gutierrez is described as a bearded American in the original novel to distinguish him from the local Costa Ricans. While his ethnicity isn't described, it is implied he is a Caucasian not of Hispanic heritage.
  • Despite being a principal character in both novels, Marty does not appear in any of the films or other canons.
  • Marty shares his surname with Sammy Gutierrez, a character from Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous.

References[]

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