Two people associated with the environmental group Just Spot Oil carried out the vandalism this Thursday a replica of an Argentinian dinosaur on display at the Natural History Museum in LondonEngland, by sprinkling with orange powder.

According to what the group itself reported on its social networks, what they threw at the world’s largest dinosaur replica was cornmeal and those who carried out the act were “an experienced physiotherapist and a consulted gastroenterologist.” Furthermore, the same post stated that “new fuels and gases constitute a health emergency.”

Just Stop Oil is defined as “ordinary people demanding that the UK government immediately halt all new oil and gas approvals and licences”.

For this part, Daily Mail reported that Will Stableforth and Steve Fay were filmed inside the museum’s Waterhouse Gallery, surrounded by a shocked public looking on in disbelief.

After spraying the replicas, they sat on the ground and showed signs that read: “For the sake of health, stop consuming oil”. One of the men also wore a t-shirt that said “Doctor” on the front.

The Metropolitan Police later announced that the two men had been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage the museum section is temporarily closed.

Stableforth previously said: “I’ve done everything legally to get our message across. Most of it has been ineffective, so it’s time to break the law. I don’t see any other way at this time.”

“The climate crisis is a health emergency for all of us. “We demand an end to the use of new fossil fuels and immediate climate action that prioritizes public health over big business,” he added.

Fay, for her part, stated: “Like these long-extinct dinosaurs, we are in grave danger if we follow in their footsteps”.

“We know we are in a climate emergency with severe weather patterns and the imminent deaths of millions of people, but our government is working to increase exploitation of oil and gas reserves,” he added.

And he concluded: “If we do not act now, the impact will be even greater. As a health professional, I know that this will cause enormous suffering and death for millions of people. I have taken the decision to take indirect, violent action because I have a moral obligation, as a health professional, to do everything I can to prevent harm.

In response, the authorities promised “use all available power” against activists “to allow Londoners to continue their daily activities” during the group’s protests.

Titanosaurus, or “Patagotitan mayorum”, a replica of which is also on display in Barcelona, ​​is the largest dinosaur known to date, living 101 million years ago in the Patagonian desert, measuring 38 meters long and 5 meters high. it weighs 77 tons.

The fossil remains of “Patagotitan mayorum” were discovered in 2012 by farmer Aureliano Fernández in the Cerro Barcino area, in the province of Chubut, located in the south of Argentina.

The man saw a large bone sticking out and alerted the farm owner, who then reported the discovery to Argentinian paleontologists, who, after 2 years of work, discovered more than 200 fossils from 7 specimens, researchers said.

“Patagotitan mayorum” was a sauropod titanosaur, a species of herbivorous dinosaur that could swallow, without chewing, up to 120 kilograms of whole plants every day.

The animal measures 38 meters long and 5 meters high up to the shoulder blades and its weight is estimated at 77 tonnes or the equivalent of 14 African elephants.

The good state of bone conservation and the large number of remains discovered, considering that Patagotitan has one of the richest dinosaur fossil records in South America, allow us to obtain an anatomical reconstruction of this long-necked, small-headed quadruped. and long tail.