Tyrannosaurus in the wetlands

[swansont]

Center of mass in the hips, according to the study reported here

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6368865/T-Rex-turn-like-figure-skater-hell-far-agile-thought.html

[mistermack]

The position of the hip ball and socket is a lot further forward than it looks with the flesh on. The weight will go through that joint, so that's the balance point. It looks more balanced, if you view the hip joint as the balance point. 

 

[martillo]

1 hour ago, swansont said:

Center of mass in the hips, according to the study reported here

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6368865/T-Rex-turn-like-figure-skater-hell-far-agile-thought.html

Yes, that study helps a lot. +1

 

8 minutes ago, mistermack said:

The position of the hip ball and socket is a lot further forward than it looks with the flesh on. The weight will go through that joint, so that's the balance point. It looks more balanced, if you view the hip joint as the balance point. 

 

 

Same image as in the study @swansont mentioned, it looks much better this way. +1

 

[mistermack]

So long as it's reasonably like the illustration, I think it would be easy to maintain balance by moving the feet forwards or back, which would tend to tip it back or forwards. And the tail would be good for more fine tuning. 

[martillo]

6 minutes ago, mistermack said:

And the tail would be good for more fine tuning. 

And good for the turnings too...

Edited November 1, 2023 by martillo

[kba]

On 11/1/2023 at 3:56 PM, martillo said:

In my visual perception the shown tail would not be enough to achieve the balance with that so big head the T Rex has.

T.Rex was able to have such big head because he hadn't normal-sized "hands", so his body was perfectly balanced for walking on the land.

Edited December 7, 2023 by kba

[Pachycephalosaurusfan]

Tyrannosaurus was a large, relatively fast and (probably) highly intelligent hunter. That makes sense in terms of an ambush, but not really in the wetlands. It would be a waste of its attributes. It probably could swim, and quite well at that. But it was more suited for ambush tactics.