We Finally Know Why T-Rex Had Those Tiny Arms + Other Discoveries
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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about recent T-Rex discoveries and an explanation for why those tiny arms exist
Links:
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article/293/2071/20260528/481779/Drivers-and-mechanisms-of-convergent-forelimb
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-06981-z
https://www.carolinajournal.com/historic-discovery-rewrites-t-rex-history/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-38600-w
https://theconversation.com/tyrannosaurus-rex-our-new-research-shows-it-covered-its-enormous-teeth-with-lips-202761
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#trex #dinosaur #biology
0:00 T-rex updates and unexpected discoveries
1:20 So why were its arms so tiny?
3:30 Convergent evolution
5:45 Scotty the t-rex contained blood vessels
6:45 T-rex had cute lips
8:10 It came from America
8:55 Nanotyrannus is not a t-rex
10:10 Implications and conclusions
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