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T. rex may have used its long feet for stealthy surprise attacks

By Yvaine Ye

12 October 2018

Dinosaur

Stealthy predator?

age fotostock / Alamy Stock Photo

Tyrannosaurus rex was so large and heavy that it’s easy to assume that the . But, paradoxically, it might have used those tremors to its advantage: the shape of its feet suggests the seismic waves from each footfall remained similar in intensity as it approached its prey, acting as a weird form of camouflage.

Heavy animals produced earthquake-like seismic waves with every footfall. We know that other animals detect those seismic signals: and low-frequency…

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