Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Freaking Dinosaurs!!!

While reading in my Read, Reason, and Write book, written by Dorothy U. Seyler, for my english class, I came upon a section of the book that talked about claims and grounds on those claims. I thought to myself, "Oh no, another boring story on politics or global warming. The title of this particular article is called The Varieties of Tyrannosaurs by Mark A. Norell and Xu Xing. After reading this title I cried a little inside out of happiness and delight. When growing up I always watched dinosaur movies like Jurassic Park (classic) or Godzilla. In the way back of my mind I was a tad concerned on how this boring english text book could possibly tie in dinosaurs with claim and grounds.
The T-rex was the chosen reptile that the authors decided to base their meat of the article on. They based their research off the CLAIM that the Tyrannosaurs were a "gregarious" or these huge animals could reach sprint like speeds. First off, the authors of course have to be the debby downers and prove them wrong by involving physics. I bet if six tons of dinosaur was running after  your butt you would think he was speedy.  I personally believe myself that a fully grown T-rex can get up to speeds of about 35 miles an hour if he was really hungry.
Another claim about the Tyrannosaurs is that they were considered "scavengers" because of their short front limbs. They may have really short arms but i think they compensate for its huge mouth. In the new King Kong movie, directed by Peter Jackson, there is a scene where the mighty ape is attacked by what seems like four ravenous T-Rexs. Kong manages to keep them at bay while still having Noami Watts in his clutches perfectly unharmed. First off, monkeys dont get that big and second, i bet if that fight happened again ONE T-Rex could destroy that primate.
Even though T-Rexs may be considered "slow" scientifically. I think no one can even know the truth unless they are witnessing these reptiles first hand.



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