Posted: 10 Aug 2005, 06:01
To get back on topic,
T-Rex really did have legs that weren't built for speedy moves, but I still think that it could travel atleast 25 miles per hour, more than enough to keep up with, let's say, a ceratopsian or, even better, a sauropod, like Alamosaurus. This could be possible because there was only fifteen inches difference between his two leg bones. You don't always need huge speed to catch specific prey.
Then again, Giganotosaurus could have easily traveled faster, knowing it's Allosaurid blueprint, as far as I know, so T-Rex could have indeed been a scavenger. Doesn't change a thing about his coolness, though.
Still, there is some real good evidence of healed bitemarks in Hadrosaur and Triceratops skeletons that could have only been done when they were alive. This would suggest that T-Rex was indeed an active hunter.
T-Rex really did have legs that weren't built for speedy moves, but I still think that it could travel atleast 25 miles per hour, more than enough to keep up with, let's say, a ceratopsian or, even better, a sauropod, like Alamosaurus. This could be possible because there was only fifteen inches difference between his two leg bones. You don't always need huge speed to catch specific prey.
Then again, Giganotosaurus could have easily traveled faster, knowing it's Allosaurid blueprint, as far as I know, so T-Rex could have indeed been a scavenger. Doesn't change a thing about his coolness, though.
Still, there is some real good evidence of healed bitemarks in Hadrosaur and Triceratops skeletons that could have only been done when they were alive. This would suggest that T-Rex was indeed an active hunter.