True T. rex intelligence, the scientists say, was probably much closer to that of modern-day crocodiles than primates — a perfectly respectable amount of smarts for a therapod to have.

The introduction refers to "the consensus of crocodile-like cognition in these animals, a position informed by comparative anatomical data." From there, the paper made other assumptions that the ...

Modern-day saltwater crocodiles, which hold the chomping record ... He added that funneling the T rex's 7.1 tons of bite force "through a tooth or two at impact results in incredible pounds ...

“But when we think about T. rex, this is an animal most closely related to birds and alligators and crocodiles, and those animals make very different kinds of sounds.” To find Tristan’s real ...