Man accidentally starts Twitter war between Natural History and Science museums

Who would win in a staff battle between @sciencemuseum and @NHM_London, what exhibits/items would help you be victorious? #askacurator

— Nicholas O'Connell (@Nicholas O'Connell) 1505297756

@bednarz @sciencemuseum We have dinosaurs. No contest.

— Natural History Museum (@Natural History Museum) 1505299458

@NHM_London is full of old fossils, but we have robots, a Spitfire and ancient poisons. Boom! #AskACurator https://t.co/lsdOS3HqyO

— Science Museum (@Science Museum) 1505303518

@sciencemuseum We have robot dinosaurs, Pterodactyls and the most venomous creatures on Earth. Plus volcanoes and e… https://t.co/OZMssySdOe

— Natural History Museum (@Natural History Museum) 1505304090

@NHM_London What about this merman & we do have a Polaris nuclear missile as Khalil says! https://t.co/uczMFrvKIw

— Science Museum (@Science Museum) 1505305224

@sciencemuseum Jenny Haniver sees your merman, never bring a nuke to an earth-shattering meteorite fight, and our c… https://t.co/oCr2x0y0Z4

— Natural History Museum (@Natural History Museum) 1505307759

@NHM_London We see your cockroach and... whack it with a welly https://t.co/ITEPuplGHK

— Science Museum (@Science Museum) 1505308176

@sciencemuseum There is never just one cockroach. And we quietly melt your plastics with our lava. https://t.co/DaaJc5V5lJ

— Natural History Museum (@Natural History Museum) 1505309401

@NHM_London We'll (hopefully) fight your lava with all our fire engines https://t.co/gRECpigRYt https://t.co/n57QKfDcag

— Science Museum (@Science Museum) 1505310004

@sciencemuseum *Game of Thrones theme music* Send in the (sea)-dragons... (from The Book of the Great Sea-Dragons b… https://t.co/NxZVgir5Ph

— Natural History Museum (@Natural History Museum) 1505310614

@NHM_London We see your dragons and have escaped in this bathyscaphe https://t.co/m4gMCpGNxq https://t.co/zqs0YwiQRO

— Science Museum (@Science Museum) 1505313834

@sciencemuseum It may be a good idea to avoid our Fossil Marine Reptiles gallery in that. Chomp, chomp:… https://t.co/ZLMnsZpxc8

— Natural History Museum (@Natural History Museum) 1505317881

@bednarz @sciencemuseum Erm... oh, okay then. https://t.co/xQwtLHjt7N

— Natural History Museum (@Natural History Museum) 1505323212

@NHM_London @bednarz We were all set to call it a draw, but then we saw this. Turns out, we have a dinosaur AND it'… https://t.co/SLGcJm1XJy

— Science Museum (@Science Museum) 1505378480

@sciencemuseum @bednarz OK, we weren't going to do this, but here come the locusts... Phymateus viridipes, Phymateu… https://t.co/rAZkPWMAqw

— Natural History Museum (@Natural History Museum) 1505379891

@sciencemuseum @bednarz And this locust is one you can see on the balconies of the new #HintzeHall. https://t.co/Gpbtivr28T

— Natural History Museum (@Natural History Museum) 1505379996

@NHM_London @bednarz Obviously we won't use this DDT Insect Spray (on display in our new Mathematics Gallery)… https://t.co/cBaqbc9kO5

— Science Museum (@Science Museum) 1505380633

@NHM_London @bednarz ... we'll fight them off with this Giant Killer, a British-made insect swatter from 1900-1930… https://t.co/J85an9W9JF

— Science Museum (@Science Museum) 1505380744

@sciencemuseum @bednarz You're going to need a bigger swatter. Victorians had to shoot some insects like the Goliat… https://t.co/Nykv1sOHy2

— Natural History Museum (@Natural History Museum) 1505381512

@NHM_London @bednarz Ah, you mean something like this 1860s London-made Enfield carbine rifle? https://t.co/r2sHbF41MN

— Science Museum (@Science Museum) 1505382212

@sciencemuseum @bednarz We'd see that coming from a mile off (Bold eagle by Klaus Nigge; one of the 100 photos in o… https://t.co/SuFkckvvw0

— Natural History Museum (@Natural History Museum) 1505383507

@sciencemuseum @bednarz Time for us to try something stealthy, like this puma-leopard hybrid from our sister Museum… https://t.co/6wP76Enu4B

— Natural History Museum (@Natural History Museum) 1505383537

@NHM_London @bednarz @NHM_Tring Ah, but we spotted your leopard from our balloon (Lunardi's second balloon ascendin… https://t.co/xFYm2APSgD

— Science Museum (@Science Museum) 1505384135

@sciencemuseum @bednarz @NHM_Tring In 1785 you'd be too distracted by our fleas... they are legion (and even have t… https://t.co/gf3eisfBmY

— Natural History Museum (@Natural History Museum) 1505384819

@NHM_London @bednarz @NHM_Tring @NHM_Fleas We would have caught the fleas in this Chinese bamboo flea trap (on show… https://t.co/AyHQCiuvjA

— Science Museum (@Science Museum) 1505385051

@NHM_Fleas @NHM_London @bednarz @NHM_Tring No mic dropping here, we look after our microphones (like this widely us… https://t.co/bqdhGLhDbU

— Science Museum (@Science Museum) 1505386445

@sciencemuseum @bednarz Reminiscent of a compound eye, but does the sound it captures buzz as much as a fly in your… https://t.co/XKevcyu53I

— Natural History Museum (@Natural History Museum) 1505387668

@NHM_London @bednarz We keep the flies out of our ears with these wonderful Ear trumpets (this one is in our Who Am… https://t.co/quBfE4B7FP

— Science Museum (@Science Museum) 1505388340

@sciencemuseum @bednarz When it comes to trumpets (and other sounds), those of the elephant can cover a range of ov… https://t.co/bpWviLXrIq

— Natural History Museum (@Natural History Museum) 1505389060

@NHM_London @bednarz Impressive, but have you seen the Rugby Tuning Coil, used to send radio messages to Mars & sub… https://t.co/N0EYu2fLL2

— Science Museum (@Science Museum) 1505390798

@sciencemuseum @bednarz When the whales were driven to extinction in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, the absence of… https://t.co/qNzaTd0gH4

— Natural History Museum (@Natural History Museum) 1505391564

@sciencemuseum @bednarz Thankfully, the largest animal ever to have existed on Earth has recovered from a few 100 t… https://t.co/KYKedfBdfT

— Natural History Museum (@Natural History Museum) 1505391604

@NHM_London @bednarz So true & doesn't Hope look stunning! It's thanks to GPS satellites like this that we can moni… https://t.co/jZt1H1GQju

— Science Museum (@Science Museum) 1505396084

@sciencemuseum @bednarz While satellites look on from above, our scientists use tech to study what lies beneath the… https://t.co/Rv82UayiXT

— Natural History Museum (@Natural History Museum) 1505396858

@sciencemuseum @bednarz We've enjoyed our dance with our lovely neighbours next door. We leave you w/ Swim gym by L… https://t.co/96zYP9XXK6

— Natural History Museum (@Natural History Museum) 1505396967

@NHM_London @bednarz Until next time indeed! We've had a ball (just like this London Midland & Scottish Railway Com… https://t.co/ATEsyhJlii

— Science Museum (@Science Museum) 1505397792

@sciencemuseum @bednarz @EveningStandard @NewStatesman 'Over...' [End credits start rolling to Game of Thrones out… https://t.co/4PNfVA6Bgl

— Natural History Museum (@Natural History Museum) 1505406999