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Ever Smell T-Rex's Breath?

Posted by simoniker on from the sniff-sniff-boom dept.

Jim Hawkins writes "Well, in case you never have the chance of getting up close and personal with a T.Rex, Dale Air, a company who 'nose' its smells, has recreated Tyrannosaurus Rex's breath for London's Natural History Museum. Seems people made a stink about the rotting flesh smell that would exist on T-Rex's breath - guess someone forgot to tell him to brush his teeth."

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  1. Re:and this is useful because? by mwvdlee · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And that comment was useful because?

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  2. Probably not. by Tony-A · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Assuming that crocodiles and dragon lizards (and probably vultures) have similar bad breath, T-Rex would almost certainly be also quite similar. The major ingredients would have to be chemicals given off by decomposing animal tissue. What T-Rex ate would matter more than anything else. The human nose is quite sensitive to (unacustomed) decomposition byproducts, enough so that Japanese find most westerners to have a very offensive body odor (from rotting hamburgers).