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[RumblingRosco]

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-trex-running-idUSKBN1A3182

A new report suggests that a T. rex could only walk at a speed of 12 mph but could not really ramp up to running. Its legs were too small and they would break under the weight of its body if it tried to run.

The T. rex is a phony, a big fat phony. Childhood further ruined.

 

[ponpo]

It could fly though.

And I thought a recent article went back on the feathers?

 

[Moppeh]

OP is slower than a T-Rex.

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1407628

 

[Cheebo]

12 miles an hour isnt that slow.

 

[crisdecuba]

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-trex-running-idUSKBN1A3182

A new report suggests that a T. rex could only walk at a speed of 12 mph but could not really ramp up to running. Its legs were too small and they would break under the weight of its body if it tried to run.

The T. rex is a phony, a big fat phony. Childhood further ruined.

Your OP is lame - it's at least 50% incorrect.

 

[Garrett 2U]

I thought we all recently agreed that T. rex was covered in scales, not feathers?

https://phys.org/news/2017-06-rex-feathery.html

 

[Toxi]

It could fly though.

And I thought a recent article went back on the feathers?

No, it just showed that T. rex likely had scaly skin on the areas of its body we already thought had scaly skin.

It still likely had a significant coating of feathers based on phylogenetic bracketing.

 

[SigmasonicX]

I thought we all recently agreed that T. rex was covered in scales, not feathers?

https://phys.org/news/2017-06-rex-feathery.html

The skin samples analyzed were from the neck, pelvis, and tail, none of which were expected to have feathers anyway. It's inconclusive, but made into a big deal by news outlets.

 

[tbm24]

12 miles an hour isnt that slow.

Especially for the size of a T Rex.

 

[cromofo]

What a wimp, T-rex, come at me you feathered pussy

 

[Protome]

Couldn't run, had feathers but still wrote 20th Century Boy. I'll take it.

 

[Messofanego]

What does a T rex look like accurately now?

 

[Seirith]

Sorry Jurassic Park!

 

[jasonng]

Dammit science, stop destroying my childhood.

 

[DOWN]

I’m pretty sure 12 miles per hour is running

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

What does a T rex look like accurately now?

 

[The Kree]

Moving at 12 miles an hour for an animal that size is fucking amazing.

Can't catch me, though. I zig zag.

 

[Ronin Ray]

How fast does a bear run?

 

[Joni]

Fake news, like the feathers. Give it a couple of years and we'll get the truth that it could outrun a cheetah.

 

[Dusk Golem]

I mean... 12 MPH is faster than I can run long-term, and as a T-Rex needs to take less steps to equal the amount I do and expend less energy, I feel it'd still catch most humans at the very least.

 

[kruis]

I'd be scared out of my mind if a T-Rex came after me running that fast. I'd also be dead since I'm not in shape and I would be dead within seconds.

 

[PSqueak]

I will never not be fascinated by this "Jurassic park is more important to me than facts!" mentality.

 

[HawksWinStanley]

12 miles an hour isnt that slow.

Probably about the running speed of an average adult. Then it would just be a race to see who tires first.

 

[Nafai1123]

How fast does a bear run?

Somewhere around 35-40mph over short distances. Don't ever try to outrun a bear.

Damn scientists making T-rex's lame. First Pluto and now dinosaurs. What childhood belief are they going to ruin next?

 

[ZOONAMI]

Moving at 12 miles an hour for an animal that size is fucking amazing.

Can't catch me, though. I zig zag.

Zig zagging probably wouldn't be an effective method against a t-rex at 12mph. If you are running faster than that and Zig zagging it would just continue on a forward trajectory and potentially catch up with you because of your Zig zagging.

 

[His Majesty]

thanks science

 

[NewDust]

If scientists can't agree, this whole evolution thing seems made up. Follow the money, sheeple

 

[Pai Pai Master]

How fast does a bear run?

Bears are fast as shit

 

[commedieu]

plodder?

u wot m8?!

 

[The Kree]

Zig zagging probably wouldn't be an effective method against a t-rex at 12mph. If you are running faster than that and Zig zagging it would just continue on a forward trajectory and potentially catch up with you because of your Zig zagging.

Nerd.

 

[Compsiox]

Somewhere around 35-40mph over short distances. Don't ever try to outrun a bear.

Damn scientists making T-rex's lame. First Pluto and now dinosaurs. What childhood belief are they going to ruin next?

Pterodactyls couldn't fly. They could only glide short distances.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

Probably about the running speed of an average adult. Then it would just be a race to see who tires first.

This is a joke, right? 12mph is a 5 minute mile

Pterodactyls couldn't fly. They can only glide short distances.

Did they just climb and jump off mountains whenever they needed to get somewhere? Fucking science

 

[Compsiox]

This is a joke, right? 12mph is a 5 minute mile



Did they just climb and jump off mountains whenever they needed to get somewhere? Fucking science

Spoiler

im not serious

 

[Toxi]

Pterodactyls couldn't fly. They can only glide short distances.

Did they just climb and jump off mountains whenever they needed to get somewhere? Fucking science

Good news: They could fly, and they could fly damn well. Pterosaurs had crazy upper body strength and could take off from ground level with no issue.

 

[Compsiox]

Good news: They could fly, and they could fly damn well. Pterosaurs had crazy upper body strength and could take off from ground level with no issue.

I was trying to ruin his childhood

 

[KeyBladerXIII]

What does a T rex look like accurately now?

"Now" now?

 

[Daingurse]

"We clocked the the T-Rex at 12 miles per hour."

Shieet, would run me down pretty easily lol.

 

[FinalStageBoss]

12mph is pretty good for its size. Would easily catch most humans tbh.

 

[Burbeting]

How fast does a bear run?

I run fast enough.

 

[jmdajr]

I thought they said RECENTLY it didn't have feathers.

 

[Master Yoshi]

I wonder if it had more stamina than me.

 

[Lamel]

I could easily outrun that feathered bitch.

 

[BFIB]

Tywalkosaurus Rex

 

[TAJ]

I heard a report literally yesterday that said the T-Rex would top out at 17mph.
A guy was on NPR talking about how despite limb length and muscular advantages, large animals are slower than medium-sized animals because they tire out before they reach their theoretical top speed.
Also, the current thought is that T-Rex was very lightly feathered.

 

[y2dvd]

It had to hunt via cuttlefish camoflauge.

 

[SigmasonicX]

I thought they said RECENTLY it didn't have feathers.

Addressed above, the skin samples analyzed were from areas no one expected to have feathers in the first place, so it was inconclusive. The news made it sound more significant than it was.

 

[antonz]

I think in the end what would be the bigger factor is if its a Burst runner or a sustained runner. if it can sustain that 12 mph over distance it would likely catch anything it needed too through persistence.

Of course we do not also know what other dinosaurs could do potentially speed wise. I mean at the Hell Creek fossil bed Triceratops and Edmontosaurus make up to something like 60% of all specimens. Tyrannosaur are close to 25%. So could suggest that Tyrannosaurs had a keen interest in both of those herbivores as far as eating habits.

 

[Hastati]

Sounds like reverse engineering chicken dna is the right path to finally being able to have a decent t rex steak.

 

[Septimus Prime]

No, but seriously, given his size and posture, Big Bird is probably some type of terror bird.

 

[fluffydelusions]

I wonder if it had more stamina than Trump.

FTFY