Ngubani eyona dayinaso yoyikekayo?

ITyrannosaurus rex, ekwabizwa ngokuba nguT. Ephuma kusapho lwe-tyrannosauridae ngaphakathi kwe-theropod suborder, i-T. rex yayiyidayinaso enkulu edla inyama eyayiphila ngexesha leLate Cretaceous Period, malunga ne-68 yezigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo.

IgamaT. rexivela kubungakanani bayo obukhulu kunye nobuchule obunamandla bokuphamba. Ngokwezifundo zenzululwazi, i-T. rex inokukhula ifike kwi-12-13 yeemitha ubude, ime malunga ne-5.5 yeemitha ubude, kwaye inobunzima obungaphezu kweetoni ezisi-7. Yayinezihlunu ezomeleleyo zemihlathi kunye namazinyo abukhali akwaziyo ukuluma kwiimbambo kwaye ikrazula inyama yezinye iidinosaur, nto leyo eyenza ukuba ibe lirhamncwa eloyikekayo.

Ulwakhiwo olubonakalayo lukaT. Abaphandi baqikelela ukuba inokubaleka malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-60 ngeyure, amaxesha amaninzi ngokukhawuleza kuneembaleki ezingabantu. Oku kwavumela uT. rex ukuba aleqe ngokulula amaxhoba ayo kwaye aboyise.

Nangona yayinamandla amakhulu, nangona kunjalo, ubukho be-T. Yayiphila ngexesha leCretaceous Period, kunye nezinye iidinosaurs ezininzi, zaphela malunga ne-66 yezigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo ngexesha lokuphela kwesiganeko. Nangona unobangela wesi siganeko ube ngumbandela wokucingelwa okuninzi, ubungqina benzululwazi bubonisa ukuba kusenokwenzeka ukuba kungenxa yothotho lweentlekele zendalo ezinjengokunyuka kwamaqondo olwandle, ukutshintsha kwemozulu, kunye nogqabhuko-dubulo olukhulu lwentaba-mlilo.

Ngaphandle kokuba ithathwa njengenye yezona zidalwa zoyikekayo kubukumkani bedayinaso, i-T. rex ikwadume ngeempawu zayo ezizodwa kunye nembali yendaleko. Uphononongo lwezenzululwazi lubonise ukuba i-T. rex yayinesakhiwo se-cranial esinobunzima obukhulu kunye namandla, siyivumela ukuba yoyise ixhoba layo ngokubetha intloko ngaphandle kokulimala. Ukongeza, amazinyo ayo ayeguquguquka kakhulu, eyivumela ukuba inqumle ngokulula kwiintlobo ezahlukeneyo zenyama.

Ke, i-T. rex yayisesinye sezona zidalwa zoyikekayo kubukumkani bedayinaso, sinobuchule bokuxhwila kunye nezemidlalo. Ngaphandle kokutshabalala kwizigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo, ukubaluleka kwayo kunye nempembelelo kwisayensi yanamhlanje kunye nenkcubeko ihlala ibalulekile, inika ingqiqo kwinkqubo yendaleko kunye nokusingqongileyo kwendalo kwiindlela zobomi bamandulo.

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