Here are some notes from my last trip to The American Museum of Natural History.
The Teddy Roosevelt statue in front is gone.
I am almost certain that there is no glass in the sperm whale/ squid display. I wanted to try to test this hypothesis either by poking my hand in where the glass would be, or but throwing something in there. I resisted, since I’m sure that’s not allowed and I respect the do not touch policy.
I learned that the blue whale swallows tons of water almost doubling his size and then pushes the water out. The baleen in his mouth traps whatever krill he has caught. I didn’t know it worked exactly like that.
The most interesting realization is that being in the museum is just like being inside the best science/ picture book you ever had as a child.
Forgot one thing. This may have been the case for a long time but I remember it from the last two times I've been. They no longer. have the title metal tags you wear to prove you have paid to get into the museum. It's just a paper ticket now.
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