This is an illustration from the Dinosaurs of the Lost Valley sourcebook for the Cavemaster stonepunk RPG from UNIgames. Inks by Jeff Dee, pencils by Talzhemir Mrr [link]
These are pretty accurate, Drachenvuur. The illustrations we see are heroically trim but T-rexes were very tubby. You're probably not used to seeing that.
The hugging pose is also something you don't see. Positioning two skeletons in something like a 'mating' posture, the arms are not anywhere near where they would need to be to clasp a mate. The hands face forwards like Barney, not palm-down like a begging dog.
What are they doing? It's a dominance contest. They're basically sumo-wrestling chest to chest. Turkeys do it; monitors do it.
It may look silly, but it was probably the biggest driving force towards becoming bipedal. The contest favors the male with a low center of gravity, a wider stance (hence longer legs) and massive legs (hence thunder things and tree-trunk ankles).
Forget "Jurassic Park." Sure, the T-rex walked with horizontal spine but it also really went in for fairly vertical big time wrestling.
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The hugging pose is also something you don't see. Positioning two skeletons in something like a 'mating' posture, the arms are not anywhere near where they would need to be to clasp a mate. The hands face forwards like Barney, not palm-down like a begging dog.
What are they doing? It's a dominance contest. They're basically sumo-wrestling chest to chest. Turkeys do it; monitors do it.
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It may look silly, but it was probably the biggest driving force towards becoming bipedal. The contest favors the male with a low center of gravity, a wider stance (hence longer legs) and massive legs (hence thunder things and tree-trunk ankles).
Forget "Jurassic Park." Sure, the T-rex walked with horizontal spine but it also really went in for fairly vertical big time wrestling.
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