Talk:Field Museum of Natural History

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[edit] Does Sue have a head or not?

The text states that the head is too heavy to be mounted with the body, and is instead on the second floor balcony. Yet right next to that is a picture of the skeleton, head and all. So does it have head or not? The pictures below imply that there was some change made in 2005 but it's not explained in the article at all. Pimlottc 13:54, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

There is an immitation head placed on the skeleton so that the skeleton can be viewed as if in its entirety. Israelite9191 00:33, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

The actual skull of Sue weighs several hundred pounds, and would have necessitated an additional support column, detracting from the aethetics of the mount. Additionally, the skull was distorted severely to one side, due to being buried in the ground for 67 million years. Therefor, a mold and cast was made of the bone, the distortions were corrected, and the cast was placed on the skeleton, in May of 2000, when she was unveiled. The real skull is in a case on the balcony, so that you can view the real head up close and personally. Fossilpreparator 23:33, 9 December 2006 (UTC)