Previous estimates of the brachiosaur's weight have been as high as 80*tonnes (176,370pounds). But the 21% over the minimum-skin bone-wrap volume method reduces the dinosaur's weight to just 23tonnes (50,706pounds). A similar ~71% weight loss would also turn the TyrannosaurusRex from the lumbering giant of fusty old paleontologists into the lean&mean fighting machine that we^kids always knew it to be. Of course that means that there ain't no way that a human would outrun one for any but the shortest of distances.
* Metric tonnes rather than American tons ^ Or as JurassicPark put it, "Silly raptor, T.Rex are for kids."
[ June 06, 2012, 06:43 AM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
Posted by Szymon (Member # 7103) on :
Eh, shame. Couple more discoveries like that and dinosaurs will become just oversized crocodiles...
Posted by Hank (Member # 8916) on :
quote:Originally posted by Szymon: Eh, shame. Couple more discoveries like that and dinosaurs will become just oversized crocodiles...
Stupid science, ruining all our fun with their darn discoveries!
Posted by Stone_Wolf_ (Member # 8299) on :
First Pluto is no longer a planet, now the dinos, man, next I'm going to hear the science has proven He-man is gay and my whole damn childhood will have been a lie!
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
He-Man might be gay?! Omigod, no!
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by Rakeesh: He-Man might be gay?! Omigod, no!
Well, on that note. Man-At-Arms (Duncan) was the only one in the castle who knew his secret so... Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
![[Wink]](wink.gif)