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	<title>Comments on: T. rex Trying&#8230;</title>
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	<description>Where Paleontology Meets Pop Culture</description>
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		<title>By: Terrence Zavecz</title>
		<link>http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/01/t-rex-trying/comment-page-1/#comment-6207</link>
		<dc:creator>Terrence Zavecz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually their arms aren&#039;t quite as puny as it seems. Remember size is always relative. For example, their musculature is extrememly well designed and powerful. It&#039;s estimated they could lift more than 600 pounds with one arm without straining.  See the following summary:

(from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrannosaurus)

&quot;Tyrannosaurus rex forelimb bones exhibit extremely thick cortical bone, indicating that they were developed to withstand heavy loads. The biceps brachii muscle of a full-grown Tyrannosaurus rex was capable of lifting 199 kilograms (439 lb) by itself; other muscles such as the brachialis would work along with the biceps to make elbow flexion even more powerful. The M. biceps muscle of T. rex was 3.5 times as powerful as the human equivalent. A Tyrannosaurus rex forearm also had a reduced range of motion, with the shoulder and elbow joints allowing only 40 and 45 degrees of motion, respectively. In contrast, the same two joints in Deinonychus allow up to 88 and 130 degrees of motion, respectively, while a human arm can rotate 360 degrees at the shoulder and move through 165 degrees at the elbow. The heavy build of the arm bones, extreme strength of the muscles, and limited range of motion may indicate a system evolved to hold fast despite the stresses of a struggling prey animal. Carpenter and Smith dismissed notions that the forelimbs were useless or that Tyrannosaurus rex was an obligate scavenger.[60]&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually their arms aren&#8217;t quite as puny as it seems. Remember size is always relative. For example, their musculature is extrememly well designed and powerful. It&#8217;s estimated they could lift more than 600 pounds with one arm without straining.  See the following summary:</p>
<p>(from: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrannosaurus" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrannosaurus</a>)</p>
<p>&#8220;Tyrannosaurus rex forelimb bones exhibit extremely thick cortical bone, indicating that they were developed to withstand heavy loads. The biceps brachii muscle of a full-grown Tyrannosaurus rex was capable of lifting 199 kilograms (439 lb) by itself; other muscles such as the brachialis would work along with the biceps to make elbow flexion even more powerful. The M. biceps muscle of T. rex was 3.5 times as powerful as the human equivalent. A Tyrannosaurus rex forearm also had a reduced range of motion, with the shoulder and elbow joints allowing only 40 and 45 degrees of motion, respectively. In contrast, the same two joints in Deinonychus allow up to 88 and 130 degrees of motion, respectively, while a human arm can rotate 360 degrees at the shoulder and move through 165 degrees at the elbow. The heavy build of the arm bones, extreme strength of the muscles, and limited range of motion may indicate a system evolved to hold fast despite the stresses of a struggling prey animal. Carpenter and Smith dismissed notions that the forelimbs were useless or that Tyrannosaurus rex was an obligate scavenger.[60]&#8220;</p>
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		<title>By: 'Dr'. S Beckmann, BS</title>
		<link>http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/01/t-rex-trying/comment-page-1/#comment-5855</link>
		<dc:creator>'Dr'. S Beckmann, BS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We gave one of our older Rex males a retirement gold watch a few months ago, but he&#039;s still can&#039;t tell time - and we presume he hasn&#039;t seen the watch since he first put it on (there are no mirrors in our T. rex Paddock).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We gave one of our older Rex males a retirement gold watch a few months ago, but he&#8217;s still can&#8217;t tell time &#8211; and we presume he hasn&#8217;t seen the watch since he first put it on (there are no mirrors in our T. rex Paddock).</p>
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		<title>By: 'Dr'. S Beckmann, BS</title>
		<link>http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/01/t-rex-trying/comment-page-1/#comment-5854</link>
		<dc:creator>'Dr'. S Beckmann, BS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We gave one of our older adult Rex males a retirement gold watch but he&#039;s still unable to tell time - and we presume he hasn&#039;t seen the watch since he first put it on.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We gave one of our older adult Rex males a retirement gold watch but he&#8217;s still unable to tell time &#8211; and we presume he hasn&#8217;t seen the watch since he first put it on.</p>
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		<title>By: Matt</title>
		<link>http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/01/t-rex-trying/comment-page-1/#comment-5852</link>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Classic and clever!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Classic and clever!</p>
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		<title>By: Christina Wilsdon</title>
		<link>http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/01/t-rex-trying/comment-page-1/#comment-5851</link>
		<dc:creator>Christina Wilsdon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I bet T-rex could&#039;ve done knitting, though.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I bet T-rex could&#8217;ve done knitting, though.</p>
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		<title>By: Brenda M.</title>
		<link>http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/01/t-rex-trying/comment-page-1/#comment-5850</link>
		<dc:creator>Brenda M.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am a fairly new fan of the Smithsonian through facebook....I have fallen in love with all of the Dinasaur Tracking articles... Keep up the great work as it is so appreciated by so many who can&#039;t ever visit the actual museum.
Off to order my copy now of T-Rex Trying!!

From a fan near Vancouver BC Canada.. The Wet West Coast</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am a fairly new fan of the Smithsonian through facebook&#8230;.I have fallen in love with all of the Dinasaur Tracking articles&#8230; Keep up the great work as it is so appreciated by so many who can&#8217;t ever visit the actual museum.<br />
Off to order my copy now of T-Rex Trying!!</p>
<p>From a fan near Vancouver BC Canada.. The Wet West Coast</p>
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		<title>By: Doug</title>
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		<dc:creator>Doug</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>At least T. rex could play the ukulele.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At least T. rex could play the ukulele.</p>
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		<title>By: Hugh Murphy (TRexTrying)</title>
		<link>http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/01/t-rex-trying/comment-page-1/#comment-5848</link>
		<dc:creator>Hugh Murphy (TRexTrying)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi!  Hugh Murphy here- I&#039;m the author of T-Rex Trying.  So glad that you like my cartoons.  HUGE life-long fan of the Smithsonian.  Awesome.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi!  Hugh Murphy here- I&#8217;m the author of T-Rex Trying.  So glad that you like my cartoons.  HUGE life-long fan of the Smithsonian.  Awesome.</p>
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		<title>By: Reid</title>
		<link>http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/01/t-rex-trying/comment-page-1/#comment-5847</link>
		<dc:creator>Reid</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Have you ever given thought to doing an AMA on Reddit?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you ever given thought to doing an AMA on Reddit?</p>
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		<title>By: fer</title>
		<link>http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/01/t-rex-trying/comment-page-1/#comment-5846</link>
		<dc:creator>fer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Poor disabled T-rex</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Poor disabled T-rex</p>
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