World's biggest dinosaur lives in world's trendiest town
Berlin: Where else would the world's biggest dinosaur live, but in the world's trendiest town?
"Live" may be stretching it a bit. Brachiosaurus brancai has been dead for 150 million years, but he remains impressive, towering more than 13 metres over visitors to Berlin's Naturkundemuseum (Natural History Museum).
The fact that many of the visitors are little - children are the museum's most enthusiastic visitors - only adds to his stature.
Brachiosaurus is big - very big. His head measures about a metre from the tip of his nose to the back of his skull and his heart is thought to have weighed 400 kilogrammes.
The refurbished museum in old East Berlin, a 15-minute stroll along Invalidenstrasse from the main central station, reopened in July last year. It now has special-effects binoculars that show how Brachiosaurus looked and moved around his environment.
The special effects first show the skeleton as it is displayed in the museum, then add muscle and sinew, followed by skin.
IANS
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