New Evidence: You’re Slightly Hotter than a T. Rex
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New evidence: You’re slightly hotter than a T. rex
LOS ANGELES — If you’ve been to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, you’ve probably been wowed by the fossilized remains of Thomas, the 34-foot-long Tyrannosaurus rex dominating the Dinosaur Hall.
Starting from a series of chemical clues in Tyrannosaurus rex's teeth, scientists have shown that this massive predator had warm blood "with a body temperature close to that of a man, a discovery that they say should lead to a fundamental change in the perception of the famous dinosaur, reports Reuters quoting a study published on Wednesday in Science Advances magazine.
For a long time, we have imagined the great dinosaurs dependent on the external heat. The study of their teeth now tells something else. A hot-blooded T. rex kept its body around 36 °C, well above a classic reptile.
Using fossilized teeth, scientists were finally able to measure the temperature of Tyrannosaurus Rex and found that it was not much different from human body temperature.More...
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