I-Tyrannosaurus rex, eyaziwa ngokuba yi-T. rex okanye "ukumkani we-tyrant lizard," ithathwa njengenye yezona zidalwa zinamandla kubukumkani beedayinaso. Elilungu losapho lwe-tyrannosauridae ngaphakathi kwe-theropod suborder, i-T. rex yayiyidayinaso enkulu edla inyama eyayiphila ngexesha le-Late Cretaceous Period, malunga neminyaka eyi-68 yezigidi eyadlulayo.
IgamaU-T. rexivela kubukhulu bayo obukhulu kunye nobuchule bayo obunamandla bokuxhapha. Ngokwezifundo zesayensi, i-T. rex inokukhula ifikelele kwiimitha ezili-12-13 ubude, ime malunga neemitha ezi-5.5 ubude, kwaye inobunzima obungaphezu kweetoni ezisi-7. Yayinemisipha eqinileyo yemihlathi namazinyo abukhali anokukwazi ukuluma iimbambo kunye nokukrazula inyama yezinye iidayinaso, nto leyo eyenza ukuba ibe sisilwanyana esoyikekayo.
Ulwakhiwo lomzimba lukaT. rex nalo lwenze ukuba ibe sisidalwa esikhawulezayo kakhulu. Abaphandi baqikelela ukuba inokubaleka ngesantya esimalunga neekhilomitha ezingama-60 ngeyure, ngokukhawuleza okuphindwe kaninzi kunabadlali abangabantu. Oku kwavumela uT. rex ukuba aleqe ixhoba lakhe aze alinqobe ngokulula.
Nangona inamandla amakhulu, nangona kunjalo, ubukho be-T. rex babufutshane. Yayiphila ngexesha leCretaceous Period, kunye nezinye iidinosaur ezininzi, yaphela malunga neminyaka engama-66 yezigidi eyadlulayo ngexesha lokuphela kwezilwanyana ezininzi. Nangona unobangela wesi siganeko uye waba ngumxholo wokucingelwa kakhulu, ubungqina besayensi bubonisa ukuba kusenokwenzeka ukuba kungenxa yothotho lweentlekele zemvelo ezifana nokunyuka kwamanqanaba olwandle, utshintsho lwemozulu, kunye nokuqhuma okukhulu kwentaba-mlilo.
Ngaphandle kokuthathwa njengenye yezona zidalwa zoyikekayo kubukumkani beedayinaso, i-T. rex ikwadume ngeempawu zayo zomzimba ezikhethekileyo kunye nembali yokuzivelela kwezinto. Izifundo zesayensi zibonise ukuba i-T. rex yayinesakhiwo sentloko esinobunzima namandla amakhulu, nto leyo eyayivumela ukuba yoyise ixhoba layo ngokubetha ngentloko ngaphandle kokwenzakala. Ukongeza, amazinyo ayo ayekwazi ukuguquguquka, nto leyo eyayivumela ukuba ikwazi ukunqumla iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zenyama ngokulula.
Ngoko ke, i-T. rex yayiyenye yezona zidalwa zinamandla kubukumkani beedayinaso, inamandla amakhulu okuphanga nokudlala. Nangona yaphela kwizigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo, ukubaluleka kwayo kunye nempembelelo yayo kwisayensi yanamhlanje kunye nenkcubeko kusabalulekile, inika ukuqonda ngenkqubo yokuzivelela kwendalo kunye nendalo yendalo yeentlobo zobomi bamandulo.
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Ixesha lokuthumela: Novemba-06-2023