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The blue whale is as popular as ever, and looks set to continue to amaze and inspire visitors for generations to come. I think the popularity of the specimen has endured because of the physical size the impact, the awe that' s inspired in people. You know, people come back to us. They' ve gone to university. They become marine biologists now for cite and often cite the Whale Hall and the blue whale model as some of their main influences. So to have a lifesize model, I think, is something that we should be incredibly proud of. Although most items on display in the Natural History Museum are the genuine article, there are one or two like the whale and the great diplodocus, that are models. Some are modelled because the original would be too difficult to display, while others are modelled because the original has long since gone extinct. The first species we actually recorded disappearing was this the dodo. It was last seen in the 17th century. It' s now an icon that represents everything that' s, well, dead as a dodo. |
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lán jīng de mèi lì wèi zēng jiǎn tuì sì hū yě jiāng jì xù gěi wèi lái de cān guān zhě dài lái jīng qí hé qǐ fā. wǒ rèn wéi zhè gè biāo běn chí xù bèi shòu huān yíng, shì yīn wèi tā de tǐ xíng suǒ dài lái de chōng jī, jī fā rén men wú xiàn jìng wèi zhī qíng. dāng rén men shàng le dà xué, chéng le hǎi yáng shēng wù xué jiā, tā men zǒng huì huí dào zhè lǐ, yě jīng cháng shuō jīng yú guǎn hé lán jīng mó xíng yǐng xiǎng le tā men de rén shēng. suǒ yǐ, néng yǒu yí gè shí tǐ mó xíng hěn zhí de wǒ men jiāo ào hé zì háo. suī rán zì rán lì shǐ bó wù guǎn lǐ, dà duō chén liè pǐn dōu shì shí wù. dàn yī rán yǒu yī liǎng jiàn mó xíng zhǎn pǐn, bǐ rú lán jīng hé liáng lóng gǔ jià, yī xiē bèi zhì chéng mó xíng, shì yīn wèi yuán wù nán yǐ chén liè, ér lìng yī xiē bèi zhì chéng mó xíng shì yīn wèi yuán xíng zǎo yǐ miè jué. yǒu jì lù jì zǎi de dì yí gè miè jué de wù zhǒng shì dù dù niǎo, zuì hòu yī cì fā xiàn dù dù niǎo shì zài 17 shì jì. rú jīn dù dù niǎo xiàng zhēng zhe yī qiè hé tā yí yàng yǐ jīng xiāo shī de wù zhǒng. |