Re: Mobile T.rex

[Amtoine Grant <ajgrant@eastlink.ca>]

You've seen it in motion? Is there a link where I could?

On Friday, April 1, 2005, at 04:06  PM, James R. Cunningham wrote:

> When you watch the swinging tail and hips of the miniature from below, 
> it is
> very obvious that the tail is both balancing the animal and helping to 
> drive
> the legs; the hips oscillate back and forth in synch.  The tail is 
> obviously
> quite central to locomotion in rexes. Quite fascinating and lovely to 
> watch.
> JimC
>
> Richard W. Travsky wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Ralph Miller wrote:
> > > See a few photos of Hall Train's miniature _T. rex_ skeleton
> > > controlled by rods so as to demonstrate tyrannosaur locomotion.  For
> >
> > Every time I look at something like this, I can't help but wonder why
> > these critters don't fall down - they look unbalanced. There must be 
> > a lot
> > of weight in the hip and tail regions.