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flag A college student's study suggests T. rex ran on tiptoes like birds, reaching speeds up to 37 ft/sec, based on fossil and biomechanical analysis.

flag A 21-year-old College of the Atlantic student, Adrian Boeye, used biomechanical modeling to challenge the idea that T. rex moved slowly on flat feet, suggesting instead it ran on its tiptoes like modern birds, enabling faster, more agile movement. flag His study, published in Royal Society Open Science, found juvenile T. rexes could reach speeds up to 37 feet per second, likely hunting smaller prey while adults ambushed larger herbivores. flag By analyzing fossil footprints and skeletal data, including from “Sue,” Boeye’s research, praised by experts as exceptional for an undergraduate, highlights the dinosaur’s bird-like locomotion and evolutionary ties to modern birds.

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