New data reveals the tough lives of dinosaurs: SCIENTISTS TAKE T. REX TO THE HOSPITAL
Sue needs water. Something in her mouth and throat is bothering the huge T. rex, as she limps towards a dry river bed – it feels like a chunk of meat that is too big to be swallowed.
In her youth, Sue didn’t have these kinds of problems. Back then the dinosaur was a magnificent and ferocious predator boasting 13 metres of muscles from head to toe. Now she is about 30 years old and rheumatic. Hunger is gradually wearing down her body. Her bones are clearly visible under her skin, and pain darts through her legs and back with every step she takes. And now the throat problem is driving the animal crazy.
We know from analyses of her bones and teeth that this is how the final hours of Sue’s life must have been like when the dinosaur died some 65 million years ago, somewhere in South Dakota, USA.
Sue is one of the most complete, oldest, and biggest examples of the T. rex ever found. Her bones have been examined and described several times before, but now scientists are making brand new discoveries using advanced tools from the medical
