Tag: Tyrannosaurus Rex
Tyrannosaurus rex gets a sister – knowledge
One of the biggest mysteries surrounding the most famous of all dinosaurs, the fearsome Tyrannosaurus Rex, is where it actually came from. The twelve-meter-long and six-ton animal appears to have…
How Tyrannosaurus learned to hunt – Knowledge
The animals are considered the horrors of the Cretaceous period. The Tyrannosaurus rex could be up to twelve meters long and weigh six tons. Fossils show that the predator even…
Paleontology: Another T-Rex myth shattered
The Tyrannosaurus rex probably looked less monstrous than expected: instead of constantly baring its teeth, the dinosaur apparently had some kind of lips. source site
Paleontology: A T-Rex for the living room
Dinosaur bones belong in a museum? Not necessarily in the USA: In New York, a tyrannosaurus skull is to be auctioned off at Sotheby’s for 20 million dollars. This puts…
What sounds did dinosaurs make? – Knowledge
Paleontologist Michael Habib explains which animals produced the first sounds and how you would know you’ve landed in the Cretaceous period: the dinosaur brass band. When Michael Habib talks about…
London: Christmas sweater for a T-Rex – panorama
Arms have the disadvantage that they are thinner at the bottom than at the top, which is a miserable count when knitting sweater sleeves: stitches have to be increased every…
Why dinosaurs waved their tails – knowledge
The tails of two-legged dinosaurs not only formed a rigid counterweight to the head, but, according to new findings, played an important role in the sequence of movements. Similar to…