World's Biggest Dinosaurs Stomp into American Museum of Natural History
A young sauropod model fills the main room of the exhibit.
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A young sauropod model fills the main room of the exhibit.
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The mamenchisaurus model.
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The entrance to the exhibit The World's Largest Dinosaurs, opening Saturday.
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A sauropod's head is tiny in comparison to the rest of it's body, which can weigh over 20 tons.
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A titanosaur nest model.
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A model of a sauropod's lungs.
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A young member of the museum's Science and Nature Program looks intently at one of the displays.
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Andrew Barreras, 8, experiments with a machine that simulates the dinosaur's lungs as air is pumped into it.
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Andrew Barreras, 8, and Oliver Howard, 7, examine how many leaves it takes to fill a sauropod for just one hour.
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Oliver Howard, 7, attempts to jump from one sauropod footstep to another.
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The model vertebrae are very heavy.
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A comparison of two dinosaur vertebrae.
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The amount of food required for the vegetarian sauropods for one day.
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The size of a sauropod's heart.
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Murals of different sized and aged sauropods line the wall in the museum's exhibit.
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Kids loved the hands-on exhibit at the preview Thursday afternoon.
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The size of a sauropod skull in comparison to a human skeleton.
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Kids love the interactive dig pit.
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A young sauropod model fills the main room of the exhibit.
PHOTO CREDIT DNAinfo/Della Hasselle


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