How did Tyrannosaurus sleep?

[Vlad Petnicki <bucketfoot-al@justice.com>]

Episode 6 of BBC's series Walking With Dinosaurs gives
one answer to your question.

The Tyrannosaur is shown sleeping with its belly on the
ground, its head on the ground and its legs folded up
on its sides (much like an Ostrich folds its legs to
sit down).

Given its bird-like anatomy this seems to be logical.

Sleeping on its side isn't out of the realm of
possibility either.  

If you go to Mike Keesley's http://www/dinosauricon.com
and look up "Saurophaganax" you'll find a very good
drawing of this Tyrannosaur-sized Allosaur resting on
the ground in a similar pose. A memorable drawing
because it is the only one I have ever seen depicting a
large Theropod in this position.  The first thing that
crossed my mind when I saw it was how natural it seemed.

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