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minus-squareIced Raktajino@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up21·edit-22 days agoNeat. I find it interesting that you’re encouraged to touch the exhibit at all. Usually that’s very discouraged.
minus-squareBobo The Great@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoI mean, it’s a gigantic million years old fossil, what can some touching do? It probably won’t even tip over
minus-squareexpatriado@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·edit-22 days agoprobably a replica the curators don’t mind people touching
minus-squareIced Raktajino@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up19·2 days agoI was thinking that or they just have a lot of them. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2022/05/18/iconic-photos-give-rare-glimpse-of-smithsonians-storage-rooms/
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoWow, they’re all pining for the fjords?
minus-squarerenzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agowhy does this look like an ai image
minus-squarePrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoImagine the smell.
minus-squareIced Raktajino@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoProbably just smells like old upholstery. Taxidermied animals don’t really have a smell
minus-squareFapFlop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoAren’t they just sleeping? Little bird motel? Right? :(
minus-squarenotarobot@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoI would be a dick move for them so say “come touch this fake thing”. I hope it’s not
minus-squareBleatingZombie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoI completely agree The only exception would be if there’s a sign saying something akin to “This replica was designed to feel exactly like a real fossil bla bla bla”
minus-squareLaunchesKayaks@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoThere are some fossils that were actually casts of the real thing because the actual fossils were too fragile for display
minus-squareLaunchesKayaks@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 days agoRight? There were a lot of exhibits that promoted touching. I think it was for kids mostly because they were all lower to the ground.
minus-squareDragonstaff@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoThere are a good number of real fossils you can touch. I expect these are more common and there’s not much more scientists can learn from them.
Neat. I find it interesting that you’re encouraged to touch the exhibit at all. Usually that’s very discouraged.
I mean, it’s a gigantic million years old fossil, what can some touching do? It probably won’t even tip over
probably a replica the curators don’t mind people touching
I was thinking that or they just have a lot of them.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2022/05/18/iconic-photos-give-rare-glimpse-of-smithsonians-storage-rooms/
Wow, they’re all pining for the fjords?
why does this look like an ai image
Imagine the smell.
Probably just smells like old upholstery. Taxidermied animals don’t really have a smell
Aren’t they just sleeping? Little bird motel? Right? :(
I would be a dick move for them so say “come touch this fake thing”. I hope it’s not
I completely agree
The only exception would be if there’s a sign saying something akin to “This replica was designed to feel exactly like a real fossil bla bla bla”
There are some fossils that were actually casts of the real thing because the actual fossils were too fragile for display
Right? There were a lot of exhibits that promoted touching. I think it was for kids mostly because they were all lower to the ground.
There are a good number of real fossils you can touch.
I expect these are more common and there’s not much more scientists can learn from them.