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Young T. rexes had a powerful bite, capable of exerting one-sixth the force of an adult

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2021-06-02

Jack Tseng loves bone-crunching animals—hyenas are his favorite—so when paleontologist Joseph Peterson discovered fossilized dinosaur bones that had teeth marks from a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex, Tseng decided to try to replicate the bite marks and measure how hard those kids could actually chomp down.

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https://phys.org/news/2021-06-young-rexes-powerful-capable-exerting.html