T-Rex A Slow Mover

Ant writes "Link: New models of the leg muscles of Tyrannosaurus Rex suggest that a real T-Rex might not have passed the screen test for "Jurassic Park." Stanford University researchers writing in the British journal Nature this week suggest that a T-Rex could not have been able to run as fast as the one in the movie -- and might not have been able to run at all. "There is no way you could fit enough muscle into its body for that kind of locomotion," said John Hutchinson, co-author of the Nature article. "You wouldn't have enough room left over for all the other body parts.""

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when you're THIS big,

[Anonymous Coward]

you can crush 'em with yer testicles on a hot day. Who gives a gee-golly-darn how fast ya shoulda run, if those big boyz drop on ya. I'm just waiting for the anime guys in Japan to latch onto this idea :O)