El T. rex era demasiado pesado como para correr.
Según estimaciones solo podía alcanzar alrededor de 19 km por hora.
➡️ https://t.co/exLCqnHFdc https://t.co/X3EzTNigWO
A later study showed that even 11m/s would have been too fast as its bones would have shattered under the pressure.
More likely it was only able to run ~6m/s.
Good chance it was a speed-walking animal.
https://t.co/7QOv0looYG
@Benris84 " Figure 3A shows the maximum velocities achieved, which peaks at a speed of 7.7 ms−1 for the high stress limit conditions", from the actual paper:
https://t.co/HWAVO6vLkY
Another paper, roughly from the same time, also mentions 17 mph: https://t.co/fnKzLUMsw4
Great to see the paper @wisellers, @cbrassey, @DrPhilManning #Karl Bates and I published on on Tyrannosaurus rex running abilities get a mention in the Jurassic Park article
@TroyInMpls Yup. And interestingly, after I wrote that passage, some new work from @wisellers @cbrassey & colleagues suggests T. rex was even slower! https://t.co/maJgRw02gl