Meet the Real Tyrannosaurus rex

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For more than a hundred years, we've been studying fossils of Tyrannosaurus rex. But despite all the new insights we've gained, many of the popular images of T. rex still seem to be stuck in the past.

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Sources:
https://www.livescience.com/63858-t-rex-dinosaur-arms.html
https://peerj.com/articles/3420/
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Images:
Thumbnail: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tyrannosaurus-rex-Profile-steveoc86.png
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/tyrannosaurus-rex-in-the-forest-this-is-a-3d-render-illustration-gm1278212122-377225065
https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14758163461/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trex_skull.png
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:T._rex_old_posture.jpg
https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/17488344914/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMNH_SUE_Trex.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tyrannosaurus-Rex-model.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Right_Arm_of_SUE.jpg
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/dinosaurs-gm804308970-130426985
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/10485077@N06/27172480295
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yutyrannus_huali.png
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tyrannosaurus_rex_by_durbed.jpg