A new study shows how the Tyrannosaurus rex cracked bones with a bite force equivalent to dropping a hippopotamus on its prey. The incredible pressure from its teeth would have shattered bones like a ".45-caliber bullet with a mushroom head," one paleontologist said.
| |  | | Democracy Dies in Darkness | | | | | | Science Alert | Wed., May. 17, 2017 5:18 a.m. | | | | | | T. rex's extreme bite crushed dinosaur bones to a pulp | A new study shows how the Tyrannosaurus rex cracked bones with a bite force equivalent to dropping a hippopotamus on its prey. The incredible pressure from its teeth would have shattered bones like a ".45-caliber bullet with a mushroom head," one paleontologist said. | | Read more » | | | |
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