Re: Weighing T. rex model

[Randy King <randyk@ims.com>]

Is it possible to deduce the ratios by comparing known animals?  Is there
any correlation between leanness measures and size?

At 05:51 AM 9/22/98 -0700, Ralph Miller III wrote:
>How much drilling for air sacs and shaving down for leanness is required to
>properly weigh a Boston Museum of Science / Battat 1/40 scale
>_Tyrannosaurus_ model using water displacement?  If not 1:1, what is the
>presumed density of tyrannosaurid flesh as compared to that of water?  
>
>I ask these questions because when I tried to weigh _T. rex_ using water
>displacement directly from the Battat model, multiplying the weight of the
>water by 40 x 40 x 40 (64,000), I came up with a figure that was way too
>high.  I recognize that the questions I ask are subject to a high degree of
>leeway (i.e. how much muscle exactly was on those bones?), but I'd like to
>hear what others have concluded.
>
>-- Ralph Miller III     gbabcock@best.com 
>