Color me relieved! LOL!

Scientists have concluded that Tyrannosaurus Rex -- the king of the tyrant lizards and the great and terrible predator of the land-based dinosaur epoch -- could not have outrun a speedy human (let alone a Usain Bolt ;-).

"Although it was previously thought the dinosaur could sprint at around 45mph, German scientists have discovered that the lumbering beast was so massive it would have struggled to accelerate beyond a medium trot.

In fact, researchers calculated that T Rex could only have clocked a running speed of (1)6.5mph, just one mph faster than the average human, and a 11 mph slower than Usain Bolt, the fastest man on Earth.

And the dinosaur certainly would not have been capable of keeping up with a moving Jeep, as shown in Spielberg's Jurassic Park.

However even Bolt could not have out-run a velociraptor, who would have been one of the fastest dinosaurs with the ability to run at 34 mph."



T Rex could not have outrun a speedy human, scientists conclude

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