Tyrannosaurus rex is often portrayed in pop culture as a ferocious force of nature and a man eating killing machine. Today we flip the script and take a bite out of the king of dinosaurs! Find out if T. rex would have actually made for a dino-delicacy!
Special thank you to Byron Mckay and Aleksa Mrkela!
Resources used:
T. rex Musculature and Anatomy:
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4) Snively, E. & Russell, A. P. 2007. Functional morphology of a neck musculature in the tyrannosauridae (Dinosauria, Theropoda) as determined via a hierarchical inferential approach.
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Additional Sources
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slate.com/news-and-politics/2...
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Artist Credit:
Joschua Knüppe: www.deviantart.com/hyrotrioskjan
Chris Masna: www.artstation.com/chrismasna
RJ Palmer: www.artstation.com/artwork/k4...
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