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Natural History Museum London's Dinosaur Exhibit in Taipei
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12/19/2024
On loan from London's Natural History Museum, a skeleton cast of the largest dinosaur ever discovered has arrived in Taipei for a new special exhibit. The reconstructed Patagotitan is already a firm favorite with dinosaur lovers in Taiwan.
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Dwarfed by what could be the biggest animal to have ever walked the earth, visitors are
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here to see this towering 37-meter-long skeleton cast of a Patagotitan mayorum, the largest
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dinosaur ever discovered.
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On loan from London's Natural History Museum, this display will be here at the National
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Taiwan Science Education Centre in Taipei for the next four months.
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And getting it in place was no easy task.
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We used a spider wheel to get it in place.
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What's special about it is that we also removed the chandelier and windscreen from the museum
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to get it in place.
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Categorized as a Titanosaurus, a diverse group of land-dwelling dinosaurs, the Patagotitan
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mayorum roamed the planet over 100 million years ago and is named after the Patagonia
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region in Argentina where they were first discovered in 2010.
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Scientists 3D scanned the fossils to create a cast made of fiberglass, polyester resin,
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and expanding foam to successfully reconstruct this skeleton model, consisting of nearly
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300 bones.
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These massive herbivores are known for their distinct long necks that allowed them to forge
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for food on tall trees.
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The Patagotitan mayorum is literally a big deal.
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They can weigh over 70 tons, the equivalent of about eight T. rexes.
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This interactive exhibit gives visitors a chance to get up close and personal with the
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colossal animal, to view it from every single side, and even from underneath its belly.
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In addition to the behemoth skeletal replica, this special exhibit also includes lifelike
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animatronic models, allowing visitors to come face-to-face with various dinosaur species.
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It's already gone over big with dinosaur lovers and inquisitive schoolchildren.
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We're here to see our dinosaur friends.
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Yeah, our dead friends.
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Here is our titanosaurs.
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I like the dinosaur bones.
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This is the third time the Natural History Museum London has loaned an exhibit to Taiwan
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in recent years.
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The curators here say the success of these exchanges demonstrate the know-how that Taiwan's
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institutions possess, and could create more opportunities for international collaborations
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of this kind.
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Meaning the Patagotitan mayorum's temporary stay here not only offers an impressive showcase
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of paleontological marvels, but could lead to even bigger things to come for Taiwan's
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museums and scientific institutions.
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Andy Shura, Pichi Drong, and Wesley Lewis for Taiwan Plus.
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