You can support the Dinosaur Toy Forum by making dino-purchases through these links to Ebay and Amazon. Disclaimer: these and other links to Ebay.com and Amazon.com on the Dinosaur Toy Forum are often affiliate links, so when you make purchases through them we may make a commission.

avatar_sauroid

Slow and steady won the race for heavy dinos

Started by sauroid, May 14, 2020, 09:05:23 AM

Previous topic - Next topic
Print
Go Down Pages1
User actions

sauroid

May 14, 2020, 09:05:23 AM
"An American study suggests that huge predators like T. rex were optimized for energy-efficient walking, rather than speed."
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/slow-and-steady-won-the-race-for-heavy-dinos?fbclid=IwAR3YRLKSHgXOSJpZDqDlkvqCTb3AIvEPtk8hNGBE0TKZVdawSZIHTAETHr0
"you know you have a lot of prehistoric figures if you have at least twenty items per page of the prehistoric/dinosaur section on ebay." - anon.

austrosaurus

#1
May 19, 2020, 02:37:06 AM
Power-walking is more energy-efficient for us as well, so this isn't too surprising.

You can support the Dinosaur Toy Forum by making dino-purchases through these links to Ebay and Amazon. Disclaimer: these and other links to Ebay.com and Amazon.com on the Dinosaur Toy Forum are often affiliate links, so when you make purchases through them we may make a commission.

Print
Go Up Pages1
User actions