WATCH: Did the T-Rex actually have feathers and wings like an ostrich?
Updated | By Mike V
Did the playground bully, the T-Rex, have feathers?
If there's one thing we love here on the show, it's a good mystery!
We saw a video on one of our favourite TikTok channels, @redditrevealed, and it sent us down a major rabbit hole... um, dinosaur hole?
No? Okay, nevermind.
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The video talks about a conspiracy theories that are so believable that it might be true;. In this case, did the T-Rex in-fact have feathers and not the scaley, lizard-like exterior we've become accustomed to.
In fact, dinosaur literally means "terrible lizard".
Could it be that everything we know about the "King" of the mesozoic era has been wrong this whole time?
The species Tyrannosaurus rex (rex Latin for "king"), often called T. rex or colloquially T-Rex, is one of the best represented theropods.
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Recent studies have raised a lot of questions about what we know about the T-Rex, with some stating that the T-Rex may actually been three species.
Gregory Paul, lead researcher in the three-species study, said the findings had multiple implications and also noted that previously, experts had studied the growth of the T rex using remains from different rock layers.
Gregory was a dinosaur specialist on Steven Spielberg's pop culture classic film, Jurassic Park.
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It's also been said that the T-Rex's short arms may have actually been wings - as if there haven't been enough memes about their little arms.
So, the feather theory states that the arms of the T-Rex might actually have been inverted, like that of an ostrich.
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Look, it's not a far stretch, if you take into consideration that the chicken is a descendant of the T-Rex.
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A previous show at the American Museum of Natural History showcased the T-Rex with feathers.
How fabulous?!
Here's a video of the study on the T-Rex being three species.
What do you think?
Can you picture the big meanie flapping its magnificent wings whilst trying to devour its prey? SOunds like an amazing T-Rex-Red Bull collaboration!
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