A #savedippy campaign has been launched after the Natural History Museum announced plans to replace its much-loved diplodocus from the entrance hall and replace it with a blue whale skeleton.
The dinosaur, nicknamed Dippy, has greeted visitors since 1979 but now has fallen victim to the museum’s plans for an overhaul.
News that it is being removed after 35 years has caused an outcry.
Sir Michael Dixon, Natural History Museum director, acknowledged that the decision might not be unanimously welcomed but said the 85-foot blue whale - currently in another room of the museum - would be spectacular. It will be suspended from the ceiling with its jaws open, as if about to swallow up visitors standing below.
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