Never mind snakes on a plane there's a dinosaur in the terminal

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Apr 4, 2019, 8:18 am

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Originally Posted by PETER01

Funnily enough, I was in Glasgow yesterday on a day off and visited the Kelvingrove Musuem which has a model of this, Dippy on Tour.

Off topic but a beautiful place with fascinating architecture and a very pleasant way to spend an afternoon. Busy though as it's the Glasgow Easter holidays just now!

https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museu...tory-adventure

The one you saw is the Natural History Museum's Dippy and is not a model of the one on display at T5.

Apr 4, 2019, 8:54 am

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There;s been one at YYZ T1 at the exit from customs for many years.

Apr 4, 2019, 8:58 am

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I landed in LAX to find a replica of the Terminator. Or as they call it in the USA, border protection agent.

Apr 4, 2019, 8:59 am

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Oops my error however I see they're probably cousins and look the same from the untrained eye. Both interesting nonetheless ^

Apr 4, 2019, 9:56 am

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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist

There are a couple USA airports that have dinosaur bone fossils on display. IIRC one is PIT, where the Carnegie Institute (museum) has a large collection fo them, and another is SLC (near some escalators to the concourse(s) leading to gates).

You can ad the airport in Bozeman, MT to that list. And Chicago O'Hare Terminal 1 has a replica dinosaur skeleton on display (used to be a T rex, now it's some sort of sauropod).

I love coming across unexpected displays like that when I'm traveling!