Thursday, August 23, 2007

Dances some more with dinosaurs

In a recent study by scientists at the University of Manchester, computer models calculated the top speeds for five meat-eating dinosaurs in a study, and concluded that the smallest dinosaur could reach speeds of nearly 40 miles per hour and even the lumbering Tyrannosaurus rex would have been able to outrun most modern-day sportsmen. Which brings us to the title of the piece on CNN - T-rex could outrun David Beckham.

Good to know - I've spent many a restless night tossing and turning in the search for the answer to this question. Ditto for the age-old conundrum of how many pancakes can fit in a wheelbarrow.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

It was probably really difficult to catch them to install saddles then !!!!

Wilhelm said...

Somehow I think that would've been the least of their problems. At least it would be if I was the one flintstoning it away from a T-rex.

'Cause you can't pull the ol' "Your shoelace is untied" bit on dinosaurs