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T. rexes liked to walk as slowly as humans do – at a leisurely 3 miles per hour, a new study finds – Business Insider Australia
Experts already knew T. rex was slow, with a max speed between 10 and 25 mph. But a new study suggests these predators preferred to walk even slower.
For all the awe Tyrannosaurus rex inspires, the “king of the dinosaurs” wasn’t very speedy.
Paleontologists already knew this predator was slow: It could only reach a maximum speed between 10 and 40km per hour. A 2017 study suggests that if a T. rex went any faster than 19km/h, the predator’s bones would have shattered – so it walked quickly to pursue its prey when needed.
But according to a study published Wednesday, T. rexes didn’t like walking fast if they could help it.
The researchers calculated…
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