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Indeed it was.

That's pretty good for a Rex, seeing as to how dangerous the late Cretaceous was for anything, even the apex predator.

True. PS- DinoFights, Sue was 28 when she died. Just a minor detail.

That sounds reasonable. We agree on a lot of things Rex related.

That's why I say the average is 40-43 ft. There are many specimens in that range. I usually say 45-50 ft as the max, so I agree with ya there.

I didn't realize there were that many Rexes that big. I see 45 feet as a maximum for Rex. Average of 38-40 feet, but max of 45 in my opinion.

Here\'s a list of specimens that are about 40 ft or more.... The Holotype- 11.9 meters(39 ft) AMNH 5027- 12 meters(41 ft) Thomas- 12 meters(40 ft)* Devil Rex- 11.6 meters(38 ft) Sue- 12-13 meters(40-43 ft)** Stan- 12 meters(40.1 ft) Scotty- 12 meters(40 ft) Samson- 11.9 meters(39 ft) Possible Tyrannosaurus\' rivaling Sue- C. Rex- 13-14 meters(43-45 ft) F. Rex- 12-13 meters(40-43 ft) *Projected adult size for Thomas ** Depends on your estimates

By so many approaching 40, I'm assuming you mean one in ten adult specimens. None except for Sue and one other even get close to 43, and none hit that mark unless you give it liberal spine extensions.

DinoFights, I never said Thomas could have reached 45 ft. I said 40 ft. With so many Rexes approaching the 40-43 ft range, I can't help but think the max size was obviously higher(45+ft).

Hmmm... I think dinosaurs were growing like modern reptiles: the more you eat, the more you grow. So maybe him could has had a chance growing 43ft

Yes, but the growth slowed to what was almost a halt around that age. Perhaps he was like me: a big teenager that would have grown very little after age 18. I was. 6'0 at age 14 but I only grew a couple more inches by 20 and at 22 I'm sure I'm done growing. Sue is the one of oldest at 30 and most would average around 25 as an old adult so I can see Thomas growing to Sue size, but not into a 45 foot monster. You can't argue evidence, and evidence indicates that out of 45+ specimens the mean size was 35-38 feet, though a considerable amount are 39. Sue is the longest at 40 feet and the heaviest as well, so how could they average 40-43 feet when only around less than 10% of known specimens top 39 feet and only one or two top 40 feet, still being below 43?

Thanks. I thought so too.

Interesting.

Indeed. One step closer to proving our theories about T-rex size DinoSteve. One step closer. PS- How to distract me: with any piece of bacon ;)

Awesome. I really see that being, if not a sure fact, a very possible one. Man, that was a big piece of Rex! PS: How to distract him: with a 15ft piece of bacon ;)

Cool. I'll have to try this. That's a pretty good sketch for one thing.

That's the purpose. ;)

Cool. I'll try it later. Probably won't be much better at drawing, but I'll know what to do.

OK

Thanks. Therizinosaurus will be a little discussed, but not drawed. Instead, I'll dedicate one lesson to feathered dinos!

Also will there be a lesson on how to draw therizino?

Wow, really good tutorial, hopefully your spino tutorial will be as great.

Wow, thanks DinoFights! Really glad you enjoyed it! ;)

Thanks Lone!

Like them all DinoSteve, Spino at night is very cool!

Wow! Brilliantly written! I'm very impressed! This is definitely ranking among the best dinosaur stories, and doing so quite easily even though this was only one part of it. Wow.

Both had good chances at last.

I thought Das was going to be 5 tons, but, oh well. It wouldn't have really mattered anyways. (It would have, but Yang would have changed to, and overall, my favorite Allosaur would have won)

The story is really good so far. If there will really be anything to change, we'll notice it in the next chapters, but I don't think it will be.

I can't think of anything right now. I would not change anything so far.

Any tips or ideas you guys have for me or my story? (Still in production stages)

Great. Can't wait to see how your story goes too :)

Haha! But yeah, I enjoyed the story. :)

That was a touch of imagination on my part ;)

I like the Sinraptor scratching in the heat and the running Allosaurus.

Yes, I did; sorry, I didn\'t have time to comment when I read it. It ended really well, and has a great set up for a possible sequel! I agree with what DinoFights said about the Rex/Spino fight. I would have personally kept it out, but it wasn\'t that bad. (Although the Rex 360/ throwing Spino was slightly unrealistic for me, haha) But other than that it was great!

Oh, Dino Fan, not to take attention off of your story or anything, but did you read Part 2 of The World Beneath?

Thanks DinoFan. I really enjoyed drawing spino at night. I drawed it with a white pencil on dark paper, one of my favourite techniques!

They are all so cool.... can't pick a favorite! If I HAD to choose, I'd say the Spino at night. ;)