Theropod Biomechanics

Article Its Not Easy Being Big Not all dinosaurs were big, but the biggest ones outweighed anything that ever walked on Earth. And exactly how they walked on Earth... Article The Problem of Size Big animals alive today have a lot in common. They are heavy. They have few predators. And they tend to move slowly. But have big... Article Why Bigger Isnt Better The bigger an animal gets, the harder its muscles must work just to support its weight. As a result, enormously large animals, including... Article Walk, Dont Run Current research suggests that T. rex would have moved at the rough equivalent of 11 to 16 kilometers (seven to ten miles) per hour....   The Young and the Fast Young animals are smaller than grown ones: that's one way we tell them apart. But the age at which juveniles achieve full size varies...