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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: MrAngryFace on June 06, 2007, 01:58:54 PM

Title: Jurassic Park made even more fantastic with NEW FACTS
Post by: MrAngryFace on June 06, 2007, 01:58:54 PM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19070477/from/RS.2/

Terrible T. Rex was a slowpoke
Research indicates leg muscles weren’t big enough for fast running

The model results, detailed in the June 21 issue of the Journal of Theoretical Biology, also showed that T. rex would have had considerable inertia preventing it from turning quickly; a 45-degree turn would have taken one or two seconds — far longer than for a human.

These calculations lend further support to previous research indicating that the large tyrannosaurs could run no faster than 25 mph (and certainly not the 45 mph seen in some movies), because its leg muscles weren’t big enough for fast running.

“We now know that a T. rex would have been front heavy, turned slowly and could manage no more than a leisurely jog,” said team leader John Hutchinson of the Royal Veterinary College.

Title: Re: Jurassic Park made even more fantastic with NEW FACTS
Post by: Yeti on June 06, 2007, 02:03:43 PM

T-Rex still has a big head and tiny arms though.

Title: Re: Jurassic Park made even more fantastic with NEW FACTS
Post by: MrAngryFace on June 06, 2007, 02:04:16 PM

sho nuff

Title: Re: Jurassic Park made even more fantastic with NEW FACTS
Post by: Fragamemnon on June 06, 2007, 02:07:57 PM

I'm willing to allow the movie creative license given the way that the T-Rex really enjoyed People McNuggets.

Title: Re: Jurassic Park made even more fantastic with NEW FACTS
Post by: Van Cruncheon on June 06, 2007, 02:12:19 PM

TOMB RAIDER IS CHEATING :punch