Comment on T. rex

Contramuffin@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• randomsnark@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I came to the comments looking for context, but since nobody has sold it yet, did some googling. I believe this is the reference: news.sky.com/…/tyrannosaurus-rex-could-have-been-…

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  • saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    may have weighed roughly 15 tonnes instead of 8.8, and measured 15 metres instead of 12.

    I find that very hard to believe for a bipedal land animal. Hit age 3 and your knees and hips are just done.

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• Lommy241@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Glad to see I wasn’t the only one who couldn’t understand this. Was worried I had a stroke.

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• refalo@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Maybe they’re saying we don’t really know how big or small they got.

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