NHM to replace Dippy with a Whale!

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31025229

I'm outraged! :p

To me Dippy in the hall at the NHM is as iconic as Big Ben or Tower Bridge! When I went to the NHM as a kid I remember it being the most spectacular thing there, and I went back a few months ago and its just as impressive now.

Having a life sized replica of an animal that no longer exists is a wonderful thing, especially to children. I can understand why the NHM are keen to show off their full sized, fully complete Blue Whale skeleteon, but I think they are kind of missing the point. Its impressive in a museum curator "look at the fully complete specimin we have, isn't it interesting" kind of way, but I feel its nothing compared to the "Wow kids! Look at the size of this thing!!" prescence of something most people will have never seen before.

Its a shame :(.
 
Blue Whales exist, Dinosours don't any more.

Its also going to be more difficult for children to visualse what the whale is, as large parts of the body don't have any bones

I'm not disputing that the whale is impressive, but I think swapping them because ones real and ones "just a replica" is missing the point. I bet if you asked a bunch of kids what was cooler out of a dinosaur skeleton and a whale skeleton most would pick Dippy

They haven't even confirmed Dippy will remain on display, he could end up in a box! :eek: :(
 
The percentage of people who care that Dippy is a fake will be tiny. In fact I doubt most people who see him even know its a replica.

The whale is impressive, but Dippy is just more impressive. He has a name and everything!
 
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