T. rex was warm-blooded and had body temperature close to ours, study finds
Scientists used chemicals in fossilised teeth to help pin down how warm the iconic dinosaur was
Using fossilised teeth, scientists have finally taken the T. rex’s temperature – and it wasn’t too different from our own.
Researchers once thought that dinosaurs were sluggish, cold-blooded creatures. Later findings challenged that, suggesting that older dinosaurs were warm-blooded and could control their body temperature.
Most scientists agree that Tyrannosaurus rex was warm-blooded, but pinning down the exact core temperature of an extinct creature is difficult.
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