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The Field Museum reconstruction of T-Rex is chonk compared to the JP franchise T-Rex and pretty cute too
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Naturally, there's a picture of someone fucking with the gigantic shark.Note, when you see a big "chonky" wild animal, don't assume that it is overweight.
In fact, assume that it is actually swole AF and you don't want to fuck with it.
Hey, everyone: current scientific consensus is that adult T-rex likely did not have feathers.
And the JP T-rex, while special and always in my heart, is based on an incomplete reconstruction that doesn't include the gastralia (the breast plate that ran along rexy's chest and underbelly) which is why her belly is all caved in like that.
And the JP T-rex, while special and always in my heart, is based on an incomplete reconstruction that doesn't include the gastralia (the breast plate that ran along rexy's chest and underbelly) which is why her belly is all caved in like that.
I'll never understand this "scientifically accurate T-Rex is less cool" nonsense.
The more I read about T-Rex the more OP it sounds.
Bite force, eyesight, sense of smell, mobility relative to its size, strength (even the tiny arms were strong enough to rip your arm off).
The thing was an absolute beast.
Everyone makes fun of tyrannosaur arms when they didn't even have the goofiest arm proprotions of the theropods.
That honor goes to the abelisaurids, like Carnotaurus.
That honor goes to the abelisaurids, like Carnotaurus.
Remember when everyone was raving about how big spinosaurus was but then as we found more fossils it turned out to be actually very light for it's length,
While with the discovery of Scotty T.Rex has reclaimed the top spot at a maximum known weight of 9 tons.
While with the discovery of Scotty T.Rex has reclaimed the top spot at a maximum known weight of 9 tons.
I think they should have left the hadrosaur out and just let everyone get a good look at the teeth.
I gotta chock with me right now I got him in a blanket lol
a pig in a blanket
he is the best cat ever
a pig in a blanket
he is the best cat ever
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Seems like you're a T-Rex in disguise. We're on to you Allosaurus.
That's Sue indeed.
The current scientific consensus is that the T Rex didn't have feathers
Apparently 65 million years ago T-rex made the same face as my cat when it brings home a dead bird.
Yep. The animals we see in film are not being given reasonable musculature because that stuff isn't preserved. For example, this is a baboon as drawn in the way that we reconstruct dinosaurs using nothing but the skeleton:
So yes, give me more chonk dinosaurs.
I thought it had a few tufts of fibers here and there, like elephants have a couple small spots with fur?
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This is celebrating scientific accuracy. This is the image people should have of T-Rex, not the emaciated, genetically engineered monstrosities of the JP films.
I'd love to see an adaptation of Far-Seer using this model. That's basically Afsan as far as I'm concerned.
thicc and chonk are two distinct measurements and should not be confused
That thing doesn't even arms to make fun of, it's all just claw!Everyone makes fun of tyrannosaur arms when they didn't even have the goofiest arm proprotions of the theropods.
That honor goes to the abelisaurids, like Carnotaurus.
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Interestingly, Stephen L. Brusatte in his book The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs postulated that T-Rex may have hunted in groups and therefore wouldn't need to rely solely on their speed. They could plan ambushes and target specific prey and funnel them towards those lying in wait.
It's a great read.
Keep in mind that these low frequency vibrations would actually be physically felt at a certain distance
Sue was gendered as a female due to being named after her discoverer Sue Hendrickson. As far as I know, I don't think we know its actual gender, so it's up to anyone really. The Chicago Field Museum has Sue as gender neutral.
