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4 Sept 2025 Lex Fridman Podcast #480 – Dave Hone: T-Rex, Dinosaurs, Extinction, Evolution, and Jurassic Park
“There are a couple of other giant tyrannosaurs, there are a couple of giant carcharodontosaurs from South America that I would say are comparable in linear measurements, but are probably rather smaller and rather lighter, in which case your money is going to be on the bigger guy with the bigger bite.”
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- 4 Sept 2025
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…You can’t imagine any of the cats, like tigers, none of them… …Can do, I mean, the size difference, the power of the jaw, all of that kind of stuff. Yeah, but going to T-Rex, like, what could reasonably challenge it? There are a couple of other giant tyrannosaurs, there are a couple of giant carcharodontosaurs from South America that I would say are comparable in linear measurements, but are probably rather smaller and rather lighter, in which case your money is going to be on the bigger guy with the bigger bite. And that simply is T-Rex. And the bite is important.…
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