Natural History Museum changes dinosaur display after 10-year-old points out mistake
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Charlie Edwards was enjoying a birthday 'sleepover' at the world famous attraction when he noticed the error.
Charlie realised a silhouette display which was meant to represent an Oviraptor - a small carnivore with a parrot-like beak - was in fact a completely different dinosaur.
Museum staff had mistakenly used a silhouette of a Protoceratops which was a sheep-sized herbivore.
Charlie told his parents - Justin and Jade, both 29, about what he had spotted but their initial reaction was uncertainty as they could not believe it would be the museum's mistake.
But the passionate amateur palaeontologist refused to back down and after returning home Charlie's family e-mailed The Natural History Museum to see if he was correct.
Jade was delighted to receive a reply confirming that Charlie's instinct was spot-on and the museum even sent him a letter thanking him for his efforts.
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30 Jul 2017, 12:29 am
