They weren’t actually tiny, they were about a metre long. But they do seem out of proportion.
They were very muscular and ended in very sharp talons, so pretty deadly.
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z00s@lemmy.world 3 days ago
What I’ve never been able to wrap my head around is how did they use their tiny arms, and for what?
Only thing I can think of is that they might have used them to brace themselves on the ground while leaning down past their balance point to eat. Doesn’t seem like a very useful thing to have arms just for that though
FelipeFelop@discuss.online 3 days ago
intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Naturally, they arm wrestled
TheDoozer@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I had thought the recent understanding was they were likely small wings, like emus or ostriches, to help with balance. Angled back instead of forward.
1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
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Crowfiend@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Man, I decided to do just that, and it was almost exactly what I thought (minus the technical words): if a velociraptor can do a metric fuckle of damage with their two hook-toes, a T-Rex with 2 of those on each hand can fuck something up, presuming it’s close enough (which, as the T-Rex head/bite-force, and distance from the jaw suggests), would have been pretty frequently.
Even if each claw only did a little damage, that’s still a lot of blood loss throughout the conflict, and the T-Rex would be more likely to win.