Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬#TyrannosaurusRex Ran on Its Tiptoes ‘Like an 8-Ton Chicken’
New findings about the #anatomy of the #dinosaur age’s fiercest predator suggest it chased prey “like an oversized bird.”
“This study shows that even the iconic T. rex was quite birdlike in the way that it walked,” said Steve Brusatte, a paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh. “It would have been something like an eight-ton chicken clucking about in the barnyard.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/science/tyrannosaurus-rex-tiptoes-dinosaurs.html
https://archive.ph/VZh9V
New findings about the #anatomy of the #dinosaur age’s fiercest predator suggest it chased prey “like an oversized bird.”
“This study shows that even the iconic T. rex was quite birdlike in the way that it walked,” said Steve Brusatte, a paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh. “It would have been something like an eight-ton chicken clucking about in the barnyard.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/science/tyrannosaurus-rex-tiptoes-dinosaurs.html
https://archive.ph/VZh9V
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