and one of the biggest creatures ever to walk the earth. a patagotitan dinosaur is about to go on show at the natural history museum in london. hello and welcome to bbc news. the vatican says pope francis has spent a good night in hospital after being admitted with a respiratory infection. a spokesman said he had been experiencing breathing difficulties, but they also confirmed he was not suffering from covid. i m joined now by the bbc s davide ghiglione in rome. what is the very latest on the pope was my condition first of all? i am was my condition first of all? i am here at the was my condition first of all? i am here at the hospital, was my condition first of all? i am here at the hospital, just - was my condition first of all? i h here at the hospital, just outside the hospital, where the pope has spent the night. as you said, a spokesperson informed journalists that he spent a peaceful night at the hospital. his condition remained stable at the moment and the vatica
nose, all the way down to the end of its tail. some of the bones are enormous. they are bigger than human beings, they are bigger than me. what is unusual, you can walk underneath the dinosaur and have a feel of it. that is because it is a cast made of resin and it is an exact replica of fossils that were unearthed in argentina about a decade ago. i am joined by professor paul barrett, a palaeontologist from the natural history museum. tell us a bit about this animal. it lived during the cretaceous period? yes. during the cretaceous period? yes, 101 million years during the cretaceous period? yes, 101 million years old, during the cretaceous period? yes, 101 million years old, a during the cretaceous period? yes, 101 million years old, a gigantic herbivore. 101 million years old, a gigantic herbivore, quite peaceful marching around herbivore, quite peaceful marching around the herbivore, quite peaceful marching around the countryside eating huge conifers around the countr
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