Re: T. rex was a 'slow-turning plodder'...

[Brandon Pilcher <trex_kid@hotmail.com>]

> The theropod-style skeletal elements, with their thinner walls and larger 
> medullary cavities (compared to mammals) probably doesn't do much to reduce 
> overall mass (the reason being that the overall volume of bones tends to be 
> greater).

Are adjustments for size taken in account here (i.e. we're not comparing the 
bones of a T. rex with those of a bipedal savanna ape)?

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