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[–] [email protected] 82 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I'm going to need context here

[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I came to the comments looking for context, but since nobody has provided it yet, did some googling. I believe this is the reference: https://news.sky.com/story/tyrannosaurus-rex-could-have-been-even-bigger-than-previously-thought-study-suggests-13184470

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

may have weighed roughly 15 tonnes instead of 8.8, and measured 15 metres instead of 12.

I find that very hard to believe for a bipedal land animal. Hit age 3 and your knees and hips are just done.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

Glad to see I wasn't the only one who couldn't understand this. Was worried I had a stroke.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

Maybe they're saying we don't really know how big or small they got.