LONDON, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Dippy, the giant diplodocus dinosaur skeleton, has occupied the lobby of London's Natural History Museum for several decades. But his streak is about to end. No longer will school children be greeted by the long, veggie eating dino; instead, they'll say hello to an equally massive blue whale.
Dippy is a plaster replica of the Diplodocus carnegii skeleton discovered in 1898 in the United States. The original skeleton has been on display since 1905, and remains today in Pittsburgh's Carnegie Museum of Natural History.