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How dinosaurs ran

13.01.2008

The fastest two-legged ostrich is considered - its speed is up to 55,5 kilometers per hour.

But, according to the calculations of paleontologists from the University of Manchester (UK), even faster - 64 kilometers per hour - ran a small dinosaur the size of a chicken, compsognathus. But the tyrannosaurus developed only 29 kilometers per hour. These results were obtained on a computer, into which all available information about the skeleton and muscles of various dinosaurs was entered.

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