Re: Study On rex Biting

[Paul Sparks-dway <pwsparks@direcway.com>]

I finally got around to reading the article on T rex biting somewhat as
described in the msg. But I have a question. In the Sci Amer article there
is a graf comparing the bite force on several animals including our T rex
and crocs. They had T rex biting with just a small bit more force than the
crocs do. I assume that the croc is measured (I've seen this done a few
times on various discovery like programs) and the T rex estimated. But how
can a croc be at the same level (just about) as T rex where T rex has so
much more vertical distance to insert muscle and the head is also so much
longer giving more room to insert muscle. Unless T rex is really a poor
design by mother nature I would expect to see the T rex estimate to be quite
a bit higher.



comments anyone?

paul sparks

 

-------Original Message-------

 

From: rtravsky@uwyo.edu

Date: 06/17/04 01:31:03

To: dinosaur@usc.edu

Subject: Study On rex Biting

 

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20040614/trex.html

 

June 15, 2004 Tyrannosaurus rex's head served as a giant shock absorber

to withstand the dinosaur's bone-crushing, flesh-tearing eating habits,

according to a new study that suggests the dino might have had the world's

most deadly bite.

<<SNIP>>