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The renovated and expanded Yale Peabody Museum gained’t reopen till subsequent 12 months, however this summer season, the museum provided a sneak peek at one among its new reveals: a full-scale mannequin of a large fowl known as Gastornis. The species existed between 60 million and 45 million years in the past, simply after the dinosaurs grew to become extinct. The mannequin, crafted by Blue Rhino Studio, is sort of eight toes tall. (Its measurement was decided by a 24-inch tibia within the Peabody’s assortment.) Researchers as soon as believed Gastornis was a predator, however present considering is that the fowl was herbivorous. As Kailen Rogers of the Peabody instructed the New Haven Register, that’s why there’s a coconut in its mouth: “It’s not here to eat you.”