"Norgu warns that the Tabanga will soon free itself from the ground. Clark scoffs at the patently ridiculous notion that this half-buried radioactive Tree-monster with a human heartbeat growing from Kimo's grave is just going to heave up and start walking around. Where do these silly natives get their ideas, anyway?

Norgu pleads for them to destroy the Tabanga while they still can. However, if scientists ever acted like that, then about 40% of all sci-fi movies would cease to exist. Instead, needless to say, they decide that this thing must be studied for the good of Science. However, being a woman, Terry does mention an intuitive "eerie feeling" about the whole (weird radioactive Tree-monster with a human heartbeat) thing."