Friday, February 17, 2006
Tyrannosaurus rex 'had razor-sharp senses'
"Tyrannosaurus rex may have been a big beast, but it appears to have possessed the sensory skills of much smaller, more agile animals.
The finding is something of a puzzle in light of other evidence showing it had only a limited range of movement.
Palaeontologists presented their latest research on the carnivorous dinosaur at a conference in St Louis, US.
The results inform the hot debate over T. rex's feeding behaviour: was it more scavenger than top predator?"
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