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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Photo: For Tyrannosaurs, Teen Years Were Murder


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A model of an adult T. rex skull demonstrates the bone-shattering power of the dinosaur's bite. New evidence suggests that even jaws like these couldn't save many tyrannosaurs from teenage deaths, though they apparently had it pretty easy from the toddler years to about age 14.

Watch a video on how this dinosaur photo was made.

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