That's a whopping weight of around 15,000 kg (30,000 pounds), compared to our largest fossil T. rex, Scotty, who is estimated to have tipped the scales at 8,800 kg when he died.

Tyrannosaurus rex was the most formidable ... reached speeds of 16km/h — about the jogging speed of a human. The real T. rex would have found it impossible to keep up with a speeding car.

Scientists have long debated whether the legendary Tyrannosaurus rex was a ferocious hunter or just a scavenger that feasted on the carcasses of already dead animals. In 2013, a broken tooth of a ...