#dippy the diplodocus

[zeldahime]

Highway to Pail Day 26

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February 26: Local museum has a new dinosaur exhibit. Don't know if it'll be popular. Remains to be seen.

Crowley thought he might as well go see the thing, since he was getting a commendation for it. He had no idea why—he saw the note saying one of his temptations was paying off in a big way with a quote direct from one of his memos, but he couldn't figure out what it was for the life of him. But hey, a commendation was a commendation.

It was just: He stayed away from the bone stuff, as a general rule. He thought it was, he didn't know, unsportsmanlike, or something. A cruel joke. Plus, he just didn't like misleading natural scientists; he liked them too much.

The Times had said the bones were a "diplodocus" from Wyoming in America, with a helpful map showing that Wyoming was both very far inland and much larger than Great Britain. Apparently they'd been discovered by a bloke named William Harlow Reed and gifted by a Scottish immigrant to America called Andrew Carnegie to the King. He'd checked and double-checked his memory for Reed and Carnegie's names, or references to America, or to the bones: nothing. The only thing that came close was an assignment he'd passed off to Aziraphale for some stuffed shirt at Yale, tempt him into some academic intrigue. He had a weird name though, like Orpheus Bog or something, not William. It couldn't be the philanthropist, because he hadn't gotten credit for capitalism: It had kind of invented itself, and by the time it was obvious it was sticking around, it was too late to file the paperwork.* It definitely wasn't the king, because Bertie had a soul like vulcanised fucking rubber. No matter how many mistresses he took or how much money he gambled, the sin bounced right off him. If Crowley didn't know better, he'd suspect God of playing favorites.**

So off Crowley went to see Dippy the Diplodocus.

It was a great big beastie, taking up the entire new Reptile Room, tail sweeping across the ground. The bones they'd found really did seem to fit together more or less the way they'd been arranged, although Crowley hadn't been involved in the biology project really. The humans' explanations were immensely convincing, grounded in the physical laws they'd discovered so far. If Crowley hadn't been an eye-witness to Earth's baptism and Time being turned on six millennia before, he'd fully believe what they were saying about these great lizards.

Like he said: he didn't like getting involved in the bone stuff.

As he looked around at the crowds gathered to marvel at Dippy, he didn't see anything worth their HQs getting worked up about. There wasn't much sacrilegious, there wasn't much holy. Although if he were here, Aziraphale would argue with that, say that there was always sanctity to be found in the wonder of the Lord's Creation. That wasn't a company line, either; Heaven didn't go in for that puff. It was something the daft bastard really believed.

Crowley missed him horribly.

He took another loop around the hall, wondering at all the human creativity and scientific inquiry and plain hard labor that went into these plasters of a mean-spirited Divine prank. Wondering how they'd already been setting up the humans long before splitting up into two camps. He wondered whether the angels who'd put the bones in the ground were in Heaven or in Hell. Or if some of them were in both.

To be honest: He really thought that there were some in both. The first Heaven-Hell collaboration, long before he and Aziraphale took the plunge on their Arrangement.

And he still had no idea what that commendation was actually about.

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*Aziraphale had worked quite hard at the invention of philanthropy, once capitalism had become obvious even to the most introverted of angels. Heaven hadn't given him any credit for it, at least as far as Crowley knew. He and Aziraphale weren't really speaking.

**However, Crowley did know better. God's favorites usually got prolonged bouts of suffering and grisly, horrific deaths, not women and wine and kingdoms.

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Author's note: I had to write this twice because Tumblr LOST MY DRAFT that I wrote on the bus. 😭😭😭😭

Quick note on King Edward the Whateverth, known as Bertie: I don't actually have the first clue about whether or not he was like, a good person or whatever. I just thought of jokes I wanted to tell and he was a well-known 1) adulterer and gambler and 2) affable good-natured friendly guy. This sounds close enough to someone who could be "vulcanised fucking rubber" that I went for it.

SO: Dippy!!!!!!! I couldn't not talk about Dippy! I fucking love Diplodocus, okay, it's one of my all-time fave dinos, and Dippy is The Diplodocus, like Sue is The T-Rex and Aziraphale is The Southern Pansy. The species Diplodocus carnegii was described by Othniel Marsh, who I had Aziraphale tempt in Bonus #1. The basic story of the bones is as I described above. Dippy's a composite skeleton, made up of at least six individuals. In 2015 or so, scientists studying it discovered that most of the skull was actually a Galeamopus and some of the toes and stuff were actually Camarasaurus, but Dippy is still remarkably accurate for a composite discovered and assembled in the 1890s.

Original Dippy still resides in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburg, which is one of my bucket list trips. He was cast in plaster and those casts gifted to natural history museums around the world, including the British Museum. Londoners will now be yelling at their computer screens, but listen: the Natural History Museum didn't separate from the rest of the BM until 1989. Aziraphale probably still calls it British Museum (National History), including pronouncing the parenthesis somehow. Dippy (London) stood from 1905 until 2017, except during WW2 when it was packed into boxes and stored in the basement so it didn't get Blitz'd. It toured the UK for a while and now stands in a museum in Coventry.

The Diplodocus that is in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington DC isn't a Dippy, btw. It's a Diplodocus hallorum, which is even bigger.

And here are some pics of Dippy (London) from Wikipedia:

1905

1922

2018, while it was on tour, National Museum Cardiff, Wales.

[realitybitesyouknowit]

What do you get when the Saviour of the Wizarding World becomes dangerously bored, especially when the death of his godfather has already hit him seriously hard, and left to his own devices? Well, Draco Malfoy, the Death Eaters and Lord Voldemort are unfortunately going to find out soon enough!

Last read up to chapter 39 currently unfinshed.

[pixoplanet]

🦕 Hooray! It's the 4th of July, America's Independence Day!

🦕 Diplodocus Dinosaur Skeleton in a Berlin Museum

On this day in 1899, Paleontologist Arthur Coggeshall discovered the fossil skeleton of a Diplodocus carnegie near Sheep Creek, Wyoming. This dinosaur, nick-named "Dippy," holds significant paleontological importance:

Dippy is one of the most complete and well-preserved dinosaur skeletons ever found, providing paleontologists with an unparalleled opportunity to study the anatomy and structure of Diplodocus and contributing to a more comprehensive understanding of sauropod morphology and evolution.

The discovery and subsequent display of Diplodocus carnegie in various museums around the world has captivated the public imagination and has played a crucial role in popularizing dinosaurs and paleontology among the general public. The specimen was first exhibited at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh and later replicated and sent to other institutions, including the Natural History Museum in London.

🦕 Diplodocus Dinosaur Family Display at Veszprém Zoo

The detailed study of Dippy has led to numerous scientific papers and research projects. Insights gained from Dippy have helped clarify aspects of sauropod biology, such as their posture, locomotion, and feeding behavior. The discovery has also informed debates on dinosaur physiology, including discussions on how such large animals supported their massive bodies.

Dippy has also served as a valuable educational tool, helping to teach generations of students and museum visitors about the Mesozoic era, the diversity of dinosaur species, and the process of scientific discovery. The creation and accessibility of Dippy replicas has made it easier for educators to engage the public with tangible examples of paleontological research.

Arthur Coggeshall's Diplodocus carnegie specimen is a keystone discovery in the field of paleontology due to its exceptional completeness, its role in popularizing dinosaurs, its contributions to scientific research, and its enduring educational impact. ☮️ Peace… Jamiese

🦖 The 4th of July is a nice day to spend outdoors.

https://www.pixoplanet.com/post/4th-of-july

[stephenmurgy]

Dippy, I made this diplodocus in blender to experiment with decimation maps and UV unwrapping, I'm very happy with the outcome but would like to develop it further.

[swedebeast]

In an attempt to foster world peace, in the early 1900′s Andrew Carnegie commissioned cast-duplicates of a Diplodocus skeleton and gifted them to several countries like Germany, Italy, Russia, France, and Argentina after seeing the first cast gaining huge attention in England in 1905 - nicknamed “Dippy”.

Dippy was on display from 1905 until 2017, but was loaned to the British Museum of Natural History again in 2022 from the Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Natural History.

[bobnichollsart]

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

In 2003 I decided that if I was daft enough to limit myself to palaeoart, I should be able to supply clients with 2 and 3D reconstructions. Adding 3D work to my services would increase the number of potential commissions considerably. I started with Dippy the Diplodocus, at the London NHM. The late Angela Milner was kind enough to meet with me to discuss Dippy, and I sculpted most of the model, but I never finished it.

[mochinomnoms]

If you want a slightly funny fact about the British Museum: It has a this diplodocus fossil on display right. My one friend was looming at rhe description online and saw that it explains that it's the oldest dinosaur fossil display in Europe! Good for them right?

Slight problem, though. It's not a real fossil and the description doesn't mention that. It's the first cast that was ever made of the real fossil that's on display in the Pittsburgh Museum of Natural History and that's a well documented fact. Her name is Dippy and she's very famous, there's a lot of plaster casts of her out there. I would know since I live in Pittsburgh and her plaque has a whole section about it.

-Yuri

ooo that's cool! Big L for the british musuem askdjalksfjlajf but I love dippy so very much actually?

She deserves to be immortalized via casts!! Though fun fact, 3d printing and casting has gotten so advanced and well done that many artifacts in museums can be remade and put on display instead of the original. I believe there are efforts being made in a few museums to 3d print artifacts and return them to their original communities, as well as being used for restoration, which is pretty neat! There are already repatriation efforts being made, though there's a lot of legal loops and holes that people have to go through and it's quite difficult for Native Americans to get their stuff back still. Hopefully with the use of 3d printing, there won't be so much push in returns!

[akariuta311101]

D-Diplodocus

1. Classification: Diplodocus belongs to the sauropod group of dinosaurs, which are characterized by their long necks, long tails, and massive bodies. 2. Size: Diplodocus was one of the longest dinosaurs, with estimates suggesting it could reach lengths of up to 80-90 feet (24-27 meters). Despite its length, it was relatively lightweight for its size, weighing between 10 to 20 tons.

3. Period: Diplodocus lived during the Late Jurassic period, approximately 155 to 145 million years ago.

4. Habitat: Fossil evidence suggests that Diplodocus inhabited what is now North America, particularly in the area that is now the western United States, including Colorado, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming.

5. Diet: As a herbivore, Diplodocus primarily fed on plants. Its long neck allowed it to reach high vegetation, as well as low-lying plants.

6. Anatomy: Diplodocus had a long, whip-like tail, which it might have used for defense or communication. Its neck was also extremely long, consisting of at least 15 vertebrae.

7. Skull and Teeth: The skull of Diplodocus was small compared to its body, with peg-like teeth that were likely used to strip leaves from branches.

8. Movement: It is believed that Diplodocus moved on all fours, but there is some evidence suggesting it could rear up on its hind legs to reach higher vegetation.

9. Discovery: The first Diplodocus fossils were discovered in 1877 by Samuel Wendell Williston in Colorado. The genus name, Diplodocus, was given by paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh in 1878, meaning “double beam” in reference to its double-beamed chevron bones located on the underside of its tail.

10. Cultural Impact: Diplodocus has become one of the most well-known dinosaurs, often featured in museums, literature, and media. One of the most famous specimens, nicknamed “Dippy,” has been a central exhibit in the Natural History Museum in London.

[valtsv]

MR LOVELESS SIR I HAVE JUST LEARNED THAT THE NHM IN LONDON HAS A COLLECTION OF 6,000 WHALE SKELETONS this seemed like something you would want to know alas they are kept secret though so obviously you gotta man a heist to see them

yeah i used to visit the natural history museum all the time (back when they used to have dippy the diplodocus skeleton on display full time too, to give you an idea of how long ago it was lol)! my parents both work in london so i had a lot of opportunities to travel there and plenty of time to kill by myself while they were doing their jobs, so dropping me off at the museum for the day was a good way to keep me busy and safe. i remember them mentioning they had a lot of whales. i didn't know it was 6000 though, that's crazy.

[bulbabutt]

pardon me. do you have any thoughts and/or feelings about dippy the diplodocus from tmnt 87. i've been losing my mind for several days now over the 87 turtles and their friend dippy the actual real diplodocus living under nyc

i mean i dont have real thoughts or feelings about dippy the real diplodocus who lives under nyc, but i did remember this happening on account of being excited it was a diplodocus (my favorite dinosaur as a child) instead of a brachiosaurus for once in a dinosaur thing, so that was cool

always fun when turtles make dinosaur friends though

[world-of-wales]

CATHERINE'S STYLE FILES - 2016

22 NOVEMBER 2016 || The Duchess of Cambridge attended a children's tea party to celebrate Dippy - the Diplodocus's time in Hintze Hall at the Natural History Museum in London.

[mineralsrocksandfossiltalks]

ANDREW CARNEGIE

As Americans, this is a name we have all come to recognize. Carnegie was an incredibly successful industrialist and philanthropist in the late 19th century and early 20th century.

He was born in Dunfermline, Scotland but his family moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania when he was a child. He built Pittsburgh's Carnegie Steel Company which he sold to J.P. Morgan for a whopping $300 mill ($10 bill today).

His biggest contributions came after he sold his steel company. He believed that the rich had a duty to improve society so he focused his efforts on building local libraries, world peace, education, and scientific research. He are some of the buildings he funded or had built:

Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Institute of Science

Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Museums

Carnegie was fascinated with dinosaurs. He actually funded the digs at Dinosaur National Monument (yes, that place exists thanks to him).

He was especially proud of Dippy, the first Diplodocus ever discovered.

The species name was actually named for him (Diplodocus carnegii) and the full skeleton stands in Dinosaur Hall today at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Carngie had several copies of the skeleton made and shipped to other museums in South America and Europe.

Carnegie donated over $250,000 to paleontology for "collecting, preparing and studying dinosaur and other vertebrate fossils." If only we had as generous a wealthy benefactor for our site. That is the dream.

While Diplodocus was the most famous dinosaur connected to Carnegie, there was one other fairly famous dinosaur connected to him. You've probably heard of this guy:

The American Museum of Natural History in New York sold the skeleton to Carnegie during WWII when they thought in would be bombed by the Germans. The skeleton has stood in Carnegie's museum ever since.

[jolly-jello]

Daily Dino Dose!

🦕 today's dino is the Diplodocus 🦖

(: because I do love them spaguetti shaped animals :)

This absolute unit of a reptile lived in the late jurassic period and was equipped with four sturdy as heck legs, a tiny head, a tail with 80 vertebrae that may have been used as defence or making some type of noise similar to a whip -kinky- and one, i repeat, ONE claw on it's front paw. Scientists are still debating its use but in my opinion it would've been used to flip other jealous sauropods that didn't have it.

The Diplodocus was more on the chill side and as such chose to have a diet which consisted of plants, chomping on trees and bushes, but alas, it was "not like other sauropods" and chose an unilateral stripping method for eating. This shows because its teeth have a different shape from its cousins and even from its young, this strategy was made so that there were no food competitions between species or age groups.

Diplodocus means "double beam", relating to its uncommon structure observed on the tail bones, but truth be told its discovery story is unfortunately not so rare. Discovered in 1877 during the Bone Wars it ended up caught up in, you guessed it, a scientific feud once again, between classifications and the second dinosaur rush a complete mould was finally exposed in 1899 as Diplodocus longus.

There are 4 possible species but only 2 are recognized (D.carnegii and D. hallorum). The main difference between the two is the amount of fossils, while D.carnegii had a full skeleton known -aka Dippy-, D. hallorum is composed of a few vertebrae and minor skeletal parts which are not enough to determine its position.

By being part of the most well known and recognizable dinos due to the amount of remains found including bones -duh-, footprints and even skin impressions, it's again, a character present in the BBC documentary Walking with Dinosaurs.

-for me it's one of the cutest episodes bcz tiny spaguettis :(( -

thank you for surviving my awful writing and sorry for any mistakes be it factually or grammatically and please let me know if there are any alterations that'd make this posts better, have a good one my pre-historic friends <3

[cer-rata]

Hey hey, whats up with “Unnatural history” ? Might the world be spoiled with an excerpt?

“I’m Jon, Jon K--”

“Darla. Just Darla. It’s a bad idea to give out your full name to strangers, y’know.”

Jon giggled. “I’m not really afraid of getting my identity stolen or--”

Darla shook her head and looked back at the skeleton in front of them. “I was talking more about ‘faerie rules.’ True name magic and all that.”

Jon blinked at her. “What--”

“So, Jon K, of the Metropolis K’s, 7th grade explorer of the tri-state area, be honest with me: Are you a real fan of Diplodocus, or are you just another poser?”

Jon laughed again. “I’m a fan? I mean I don’t play favorites, that’s not super respectful to the dead, but Dippy and I go way back.”

Darla looked over at him with a smile. “‘Dippy’?”

“Yeah! Saying his full legal name all the time is way too formal, I’m not my--” Jon was cut off by a sharp cracking sound, and he and Darla looked up at the skeleton to see it turn its head to look back down at them. “...My grandfather.”

Then it roared. Somehow.

People started screaming and running towards the exits. Fawcett might not have been as messed up as Gotham, but its citizens still knew that when it was time to go, it was time to go.

Darla turned to Jon and shouted that she had to go to the bathroom…which was funny because Jon also shouted at her that he had to go the bathroom. They froze and stared at each other.

“That was a terrible excuse.” Darla said.

Jon nodded. “We have the same terrible excuse.”

“You didn’t run.” She gestured at the animated skeleton that was starting to move closer to them.

Jon sighed. “Neither did you.” 

“So we both know what this is right?”

“Yeah…”

“Okay, so are we going to bother pretending or are we just going to change here?”

Jon’s image blurred and Darla took that as her cue to say the word. Zeus' bolt struck her at the same time Jon finished whatever he was doing, and they looked at each other. 

Darla groaned. “Superboy. Okay, in retrospect, this was really obvious, you look exactly the same.”

He rubbed the back of his neck. “Yeeeeah. At least I have an excuse for not noticing you're a Marvel, cause now you’re all tall and…and…uh…”

She held a finger up to him. “Dinosaur now, putting your foot in your mouth later.”

[avoidcrowdraws]

Oops sorry for another character, but this one's at least for an RP

This is Dippy (real name redacted) the kinkajou! He really loves dinosaurs, and it is very important to him that you know his favourite is diplodocus. He works in janitorial services at his local history museum. All he wants is to make friends but everyone his age seems to have grown up a lot faster than he has, and he's feeling left behind

Enter RP partner's character who is… still a work in progress! So we'll see if Dippy gets what he wants or not

[onwardsmynoblesteve]

Dinovember 2022 day 13- Diplodocus

Apparently dippy here was supposed to be on day 12 but my copy of the post says diplodocus is day 13 sooo....here’s the famous Dippy the Diplodocus exploring the London Natural History museum, home of a cast of the original dippy fossil.