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[-] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 82 points 3 months ago

I'm going to need context here

[-] randomsnark@lemmy.ml 60 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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

[-] saltesc@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months 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.

[-] Lommy241@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago

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

[-] refalo@programming.dev 16 points 3 months ago

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

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