I-Tyrannosaurus rex, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-T. rex noma "inkosi ye-tyrant lizard," ibhekwa njengenye yezidalwa eziqine kakhulu embusweni wama-dinosaur. Njengoba iyingxenye yomndeni wama-tyrannosauridae ngaphakathi kwe-theropod suborder, i-T. rex yayiyi-dinosaur enkulu edla inyama eyayiphila ngesikhathi se-Late Cretaceous Period, cishe eminyakeni eyizigidi ezingu-68 edlule.
IgamaU-T. rexivela ngobukhulu bayo obukhulu kanye namakhono ayo anamandla okuphanga. Ngokwezifundo zesayensi, i-T. rex yayingakhula ibe ngamamitha ayi-12-13 ubude, ibe ngamamitha angaba ngu-5.5 ubude, futhi inesisindo esingaphezu kwamathani ayi-7. Yayinemisipha eqinile yemihlathi namazinyo abukhali akwazi ukuluma ngekheji lezimbambo futhi iklebhule inyama yezinye izibankwakazi, okwenza ibe yisitha esesabekayo.
Isakhiwo somzimba sika-T. rex sasenza saba yisidalwa esisheshayo ngendlela emangalisayo. Abacwaningi balinganisela ukuthi singagijima ngesivinini esingamakhilomitha angama-60 ngehora, okushesha kaningana kunabadlali abangabantu. Lokhu kwavumela i-T. rex ukuthi ixoshe kalula isisulu sayo futhi isinqobe.
Naphezu kwamandla ayo amakhulu, nokho, ukuba khona kwe-T. rex kwaba okwesikhashana. Yaphila ngesikhathi seCretaceous Period, kanye namanye ama-dinosaur amaningi, yanyamalala cishe eminyakeni eyizigidi ezingu-66 eyedlule ngesikhathi sokuphela okukhulu. Nakuba imbangela yalesi senzakalo ibilokhu icatshangelwa kakhulu, ubufakazi besayensi busikisela ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi kwakungenxa yochungechunge lwezinhlekelele zemvelo ezifana nokwenyuka kwamazinga olwandle, ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu, kanye nokuqhuma okukhulu kwezintaba-mlilo.
Ngaphandle kokubhekwa njengesinye sezidalwa ezesabekayo kakhulu embusweni wama-dinosaur, i-T. rex idume futhi ngezici zayo zomzimba ezihlukile kanye nomlando wokuziphendukela kwemvelo. Izifundo zesayensi zikhombisile ukuthi i-T. rex yayinesakhiwo sekhanda esinobunzima obukhulu namandla, okwayivumela ukuthi inqobe isisulu sayo ngokushaya ikhanda ngaphandle kokulimala. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amazinyo ayo ayevumelana nezimo kakhulu, okwayivumela ukuthi ikwazi ukunquma kalula izinhlobo ezahlukene zenyama.
Ngakho-ke, i-T. rex yayingesinye sezidalwa ezisabekayo embusweni wama-dinosaur, inamandla amakhulu okuphanga kanye nemidlalo. Naphezu kokushabalala kwezigidi zeminyaka edlule, ukubaluleka kwayo kanye nethonya layo kwisayensi yanamuhla kanye namasiko kusalokhu kubalulekile, okunikeza ukuqonda ngenqubo yokuziphendukela kwemvelo kanye nendawo yemvelo yezinhlobo zokuphila zasendulo.
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Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Novemba-06-2023