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Hello,
National Geographic has an article on Sue the
T. rex on their website. The URL is:
This article states that a piece of information
paleontologists have learned from Sue is that this T. rex could move at
only up to 15 miles per hour, "with a gait like an elephant's."
This makes no sense to me, T. rex did not
have elephantine legs at all. I thought that maybe the writer confused two
different measurements; Sue's stride walking was thirteen to fifteen feet, and
Sue is over thirteen feet tall (the AMNH type specimen is thirteen feet at the
hips, and Sue is definitely taller).
I am planning on writin gto National Geographic to
ask them about this, but first I thought to ask here. Does anyone know why
the articles states the speed measurement, and how the scientists gathered that
data? Or if there are any articles in more academic sources? Or if
anyone has any comments or knowledge on the issue as well.
Thanks, Demetrios Vital
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