Thursday, October 4, 2018

Fossilized T. Rex teeth, or fangs I guess.

They'd probably make great knife handles.

The T Rex attack would change as it aged; its skull became massive and cumbersome as the ‘rex grew, so it was more of a “ I’m going to chase you down ” hunter when it was younger and lighter vs “ I’m going to wait and pounce” as a full grown, slower adult.  The T Rex is a “ puncture and tear” beastie; it’s teeth are designed to puncture and crush the bony plates of armored herbivores, which would have had tasty marrow inside. Their teeth shape allowed their choppers to be deeply rooted into their skulls for extra strength. Fun fact: These guys hunted in packs like wolves!!! Can you imagine?! And it’s teeth would fall out and regrow about every 2 years.

The king of dinosaurs could bite down with a force of 7,800 pounds-force (34,522 newtons), a force equal to the weight of three small cars.

But the real damage T. rex inflicted came from its teeth, each of which could exert pressures reaching 431,000 pounds per square inch (2,974 megapascals), which allowed T. rex to bite through and even shatter bone before consuming it.

1 comment:

  1. now, I am going to definitely hunt down and kill the inventor of a time machine before he or she builds it.

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