extremely impre55ive creature. now, once again, available for you to be able to come and see. herd5 of diplodocus roamed the earth 150 million years ago. they were among the biggest animals on the planet. herbivorous plant eating their size and appetite meant they could clear forests. the original skeleton was discovered in the united states by railway workers in 1899. dippy is a replica made up of casts of the 292 diplodocus bones to form the huge skeleton that first 5tood in london s natural history museum in 1905. six years ago, it set off on a tour around the uk, and was seen by two million visitors. people keen if not to walk with dinosaurs, then at least to stand be5ide and beneath one marvelling at its scale, and imagining a world tens of millions of years ago.
history museum in 1905. six years ago, it set off on a tour around the uk, and was seen by two million visitors. people keen if not to walk with dinosaurs, then at least to stand beside and beneath one marvelling at its scale, and imagining a world tens of millions of years ago. we are underneath the tail section, in the bowels of the beast it feels like. lots of people have gathered here at the museum this morning to see this last piece of the skeleton go in place. daisy will do the honours. tell us what will happen. we are going to put the final toe bone on this morning and daisy has the honour and once she has done that, dippy is complete and ready for the audience of visitors at
london since 1905 and had literally millions of visitors. when we did the tour we had over 2 million visitors, so people are fascinated. dinosaurs are amazing creatures, they lived over hundred and 50 million years ago and got to such enormous size. if you look over that long, long tail, people are always amazed at how big it is when they come and see it. amazed at how big it is when they come and see it. they grew bigger than this, is come and see it. they grew bigger than this, is that come and see it. they grew bigger than this, is that right? come and see it. they grew bigger than this, is that right? this - come and see it. they grew bigger than this, is that right? this is - come and see it. they grew bigger than this, is that right? this is 26 | than this, is that right? this is 26 metres, they could get up to 40? absolutely. since then they have discovered even bigger dinosaurs, as well. it is a very exciting field of work that people do, going and exploring and finding
of various diplodocus discoveries, to form the huge skeleton that first stood in london s natural history museum in 1905. now, dippy is made up of 292 parts all the way from the very tip of its whip like tail through the replica skeleton, all up to the skull at the very front. it s been on display in the natural history museum in london for the best part of 100 years, but now it s in coventry, this is dippy s new home for at least the next three years. in 2017, it set off on a tour around the uk and was seen by 2 million visitors, so the hope is that dippy will continue to draw the crowds this time, here at the herbert art gallery and museum. we re expecting around 300,000 visitors in the first year and, actually, we think that might be quite a conservative
now, dippy is made up of 292 parts all the way from the very tip of its whip like tail through the replica skeleton, all up to the skull at the very front. it s been on display in the natural history museum in london for the best part of 100 years, but now it s in coventry, this is dippy s new home for at least the next three years. in 2017, it set off on a tour around the uk and was seen by 2 million visitors, so the hope is that dippy will continue to draw the crowds this time, here at the herbert art gallery and museum. we re expecting around 300,000 visitors in the first year and, actually, we think that might be quite a conservative estimate as well. dippy was transported in 29 wooden cases and took five days to reconstruct. this morning, daisy was given the honour of putting the final plaster of paris bone in place.