The T. rex had a body temperature similar to our own, study finds
Researchers analyzed fossilized teeth to determine that the Tyrannosaurus rex had a body temperature similar to humans. This finding challenges previous theories that dinosaurs were sluggish, cold-blooded creatures. The study suggests that T. rex was warm-blooded and capable of regulating its own internal body heat.
NEW YORK (AP) — Using fossilized teeth, scientists have finally taken the T. rex’s temperature — and it wasn’t too different from our own. Researchers once thought that dinosaurs were sluggish, cold-blooded creatures. Later findings challenged that, suggesting that older dinosaurs were warm-blooded and could control their body temperature. Most scientists agree that Tyrannosaurus rex...
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