Although movies like Jurassic Park, The Lost World and King Kong may have us think otherwise, the T-Rex didn't live in Jurassic times. The Jurassic time period was from 206-144 million years, well before T-Rex terrified the plains of what we now know as North America (USA and Canada). T-Rex lived in the Cretaceous period, 75-65 million years ago.
T-Rex was one of the biggest and scariest meat-eaters. Only the Allosaurus and Gigantosaurus were larger and as scary. I really don't mind when it lived as long as it's not now.
The 14m (about 10 times your height) T-Rex had a huge 1.5 metre head as long as your body. It was filled with 60 blade like teeth, each up to 23 cms in length, about the distance from your elbow to your fingertips.
You'd think that the T-Rex would be easy to see. Using it's large tail to balance on 2 powerful hind-legs it stalked many other dinosaurs, especially the plant eating herbivores, for food. The woodlands of North America where the T-Rex lived had clearings in which it would chase and kill it's prey whereas the conifer, oak, maple and other trees provided perfect cover for the T-Rex to hide amongst.
With it's next meal in sight (and a ferocious roar) a T-Rex would break cover and chase it's prey at speeds up to 36-40 km per hour, taking steps or strides around 4 metres long. WOW! Our walking strides are much less than 1 metre.
T-Rex was one of the biggest and scariest meat-eaters. Only the Allosaurus and Gigantosaurus were larger and as scary. I really don't mind when it lived as long as it's not now.
The 14m (about 10 times your height) T-Rex had a huge 1.5 metre head as long as your body. It was filled with 60 blade like teeth, each up to 23 cms in length, about the distance from your elbow to your fingertips.
You'd think that the T-Rex would be easy to see. Using it's large tail to balance on 2 powerful hind-legs it stalked many other dinosaurs, especially the plant eating herbivores, for food. The woodlands of North America where the T-Rex lived had clearings in which it would chase and kill it's prey whereas the conifer, oak, maple and other trees provided perfect cover for the T-Rex to hide amongst.
With it's next meal in sight (and a ferocious roar) a T-Rex would break cover and chase it's prey at speeds up to 36-40 km per hour, taking steps or strides around 4 metres long. WOW! Our walking strides are much less than 1 metre.
But...could it really run at a speed of 40 kms per hour?
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