Photo: T. Rex Quicker Than Fastest Humans, Study Says



The giant dino Tyrannosaurus rex, like the specimen seen here known as Stan, could reach a top speed of 18 miles an hour (29 kilometers an hour), according to a new computer simulation.

Photograph courtesy University of Manchester


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