Context:

During a discussion about rewilding and creating hybrid or genetically engineered animals, one of the speakers references 'that old book about the island of Dr Moreau' where a character creates weird animals on an island. This is used as a cautionary comparison to modern attempts at recreating extinct species.

Context:

Referenced in discussion about pathogens and how in the story, aliens are defeated by bacteria they can't handle. Mentioned in context of human exposure to bacteria and pathogens.