The Natural History Museum has plans to send its famous Diplodocus skeleton, Dippy, to museums across US. The Museum will be sending Dippy on tour from early 2018. It is 70 feet long and 16 feet tall replication of a four- legged dinosaur that lived in North America 150 million years ago.

Dippy has spent 36 years in London's National History Museum. The tour would mean more number of people would be able to see it. It was shown to public for the first time in 1905. Since then, it has become a star and has been featured in newspaper cartoons, reports and also played roles in films and television.

The museum has announced a blue whale skeleton will replace Dippy. Experts have affirmed that Dippy is one of 10 replicas of the original D. carnegii in museums across the world. Over the time advancements came in the dinosaur biology and evolution and that was incorporated in Diplodocus' appearance.

As said above that Dippy will be replaced, museum officials do not want it to left to gather dust. In fact, they want Dippy to be showcased in other places across the UK. They have made a checklist as the museum bosses look for a temporary home for six months.

The place should have proper space; meet the security requirements and where large audience can come to visit. Director Sir Michael Dixon said, "Dippy needs to be handled carefully. We have never sent anything as big as Dippy beyond the Museum".