Bananas for Scale
Tyrannosaurus Rex

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Tyrannosaurus Rex

The king of the tyrant lizards/Dinosaurs & Extinct Animals

Tyrannosaurus rex lived approximately 68 to 66 million years ago during the late Cretaceous period. One of the largest land predators ever, T-Rex had a bite force strong enough to crush bone and teeth the size of bananas.

Measurements

Body length12 m
1.12Garbage truck lengths
667 trillionthsLight-minutes
14.1 billionGlucose molecules
Body mass8,000 kg
123 billionSand grains
1.3 millionthsGreat Pyramids of Giza
3.2 tenthsLoaded garbage trucks
Bite force35,000 N
175,000Chicken nugget weights
700Dog leash pulls
58,333Mouse clicks
Hip height3.7 m
63.9 trillionthsMercury orbit radii
2.5 hundredthsGreat Pyramid heights
Top speed8.3 m/s
415Typing fingers
3.32Jogging humans
8.3Shopping cart rolls

Estimated; debated among paleontologists

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