Talk:3042: T. Rex Evolution

too soon bro 😭😭😭😭 Caliban (talk) 12:49, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

The next stage in T-Rex would be a massive lizard with incredible bite force and barely any limbs... an Alligator 172.70.115.198 13:31, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Well, we do have large, legless animals with big mouths and teeth ... they're called 'snakes'. 172.70.178.44 15:25, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

two enter keys to form a new line Caliban (talk) 13:33, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

So that explains the loch ness monster? 172.70.250.195 14:47, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Probably not. T. Rex lived in America. --Coconut Galaxy (talk) 14:50, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Since when has obvious contradictory facts gotten in the way of cryptids? 108.162.238.104 15:04, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Not another CG account sigh 42.book.addict^{Talk to me!} 16:02, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

alright, calm down, it's just the person(s?) who tried to start a conscript ARG on this wiki IIRC Caliban (talk) 17:14, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

I guess you’re right. I should probably follow WP:GOODFAITH more when it comes to matters like this 42.book.addict^{Talk to me!} 17:47, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

This tyrannosaurus wouldn't be the last american to come to Scotland and terrorise the locals. Kev (talk) 09:47, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

My account name is randomly generated 🤷‍♂️ --Coconut Galaxy (talk) 08:07, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

So this is where snakes come from! -- Petercordia (talk) 17:01, 24 January 2025 (UTC) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

Looks like this is how the tsuchinoko came to be... TheGoomba98 (talk) 17:12, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Do we have any figures on just how strong the bite force would be? 172.68.22.223 17:15, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Strangely, those studying this have never returned any results.172.70.162.126 09:34, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

It seems like many here say that the T-Rex would become a snake, but it would have to simultaneously evolve to be able to move via the scales on its stomach, so I don't think it's guaranteed Sophon (talk) 18:45, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

You're right. It'll become a huge slug. 172.68.205.178 20:31, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Isn't this how whales evolved? Of course, they lost their hind limbs first, while T Rex was losing its forelimbs.Vfp15 (talk) 23:21, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Dolphins too? I remember finding a snake once with tiny non-functional legs. Surely there are some cool pics on Commons for this explanation, anyone? 162.158.91.48 02:24, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

Cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) evolved from an anccestral land species whose modern descendants include deer, cattle, hippos, and giraffes. Hippos are thought to be the closest relatives. Barmar (talk) 18:05, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

I was pretty sure that because of the bone structure, it was thought that that the rear legs merged into the flipper, and that's why it's horizontal, versus vertical like in a fish. At least that's what I thought I read once. Looking at it now, it seems it does have some semblance of a vestigial hip / rear limbs and the fluke is just cartilage. Although seals and walruses do seem to have developed in the way I thought. As for the T. Rex, it actually turned into a Drinking bird. SammyChips (talk) 17:15, 27 January 2025 (UTC)