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minus-squarerandomsnark@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·edit-211 months agoI came to the comments looking for context, but since nobody has provided it yet, did some googling. I believe this is the reference: https://news.sky.com/story/tyrannosaurus-rex-could-have-been-even-bigger-than-previously-thought-study-suggests-13184470
minus-squaresaltesc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·11 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.
I came to the comments looking for context, but since nobody has provided it yet, did some googling. I believe this is the reference: https://news.sky.com/story/tyrannosaurus-rex-could-have-been-even-bigger-than-previously-thought-study-suggests-13184470
I find that very hard to believe for a bipedal land animal. Hit age 3 and your knees and hips are just done.