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(12-26-2023, 03:16 AM)Rotobeast Wrote: Tee-Rexes Vs. Ostriches

Good luck, Hollo, and thank you for putting this together.

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Nerd alert:

Ostriches are very closely related to the T-Rex.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/t-rex-linked-to-chickens-ostriches-180940877/

Quote:Unlike in Jurassic Park, the real-life researchers couldn't recover any DNA from the ancient remains. But they did retrieve molecules of collagen, a structural protein that appears in slightly different forms in many animals. They compared the dinosaur version with 21 living animals, including humans, chimps, mice, chickens, ostriches, alligators and salmon. T. rex's collagen proved to be most similar to chickens and ostriches; its next closest match was to alligators.

Chickens and ostriches are only distantly related to each other, so the research says little about what kind of birds might be the closest relatives of the famous carnivore. 

Best of luck to both of you!