Scientists have been debating what Tyrannosaurs Rex was really capable of doing for many years, and one of the main topics for discussion was the strength of the giant lizard's bite. A new study settles the issue, showing that the dinosaur had the strongest bite ever known.
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29 February 2012
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If there were any doubts about whether Tyrannosaurus Rex was a hunter or a scavenger, the latest research carried out by scientists at the Zoological Society of London set things straight: T. Rex was no thief, it was one of the most ferocious hunters of its time.This conclusion is based on the results of a very thoro... |
26 January 2011
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In addition to having a keen, motion-based vision, strong feet and sharp teeth, it would appear that Tyrannosaurs Rex also boasted the ability to run very fast, a lot more so than researchers first gave it credit for. The conclusion is based on a new study of the dinosaur's backside. Researchers determined that ... |
19 November 2010
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Paleontologists from the United States and Canada have found traces on Tyrannosaurus Rex fossils suggesting that besides eating other dinosaurs, the behemoth also ate each other.Nick Longrich, researcher at Yale, was carrying out a study on dinosaur bones with tooth marks on them, and as he was looking through sever... |
16 October 2010
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Researchers have recently discovered a new type of Tyrannosaur, one that was much smaller and graceful than its fearsome cousin Rex, while still being a vicious predator. The lizard sported some unusual features for a dinosaur, including a very long snout and a horn on its head. The find shed some light on T. Rex�... |
6 October 2009
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Whenever paleontologists and archaeologists find a complete skeleton of an extinct beast, or the fossilized remains of an entire dinosaur, they are able to reduce the large mystery surrounding these animals by a tiny fraction. But all these discoveries, all the digging and the effort amounts to very little, if resear... |
16 April 2009
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The remote Arctic archipelago of Svalbard has been home to one of the most disturbing archaeological finds in years, and namely that of a super-sized marine hunter, dubbed Predator X. And scientists haven't called it super-sized for nothing, as its skull is about twice as large as that of a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Th... |
18 March 2009
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Though Tyrannosaurus Rex has been thoroughly studied for several years, very little was known about the way in which it used its sense of smell in "action." While some anthropologists claimed that the small size of the dinosaur's brain was clearly an obstacle in the way of the creature processing too much smell-... |
29 October 2008
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