[Al Simmons]

Note to the 'Young-Earth Creationists' - See how Dr. Jack Horner, despite overwhelming and mounting evidence to the contrary, continues to peddle his theory that TRex was a scavenger....its a good example of the workings of a mind that refuses to accept evidence because of an emotional investment he has in his own 'TRex as Scavenger' theory...(there's an analogy in there somewhere for y'all)

[Al Simmons]

"Flying Brick-Bat PING!!!"

[taxesareforever]

Stevens says the unconvincing scene in Jurassic Park inspired him to examine T. rex's vision because, with its "very sophisticated visual apparatus," the dinosaur couldn't possibly miss people so close by

So now there are people at the time of the dinosaurs? Hmmm.

[Al Simmons]

Tyrannosaurus rex's cheek grooves (below the eye sockets) and narrow snout cleared its sight lines, giving it impressive vision, according to a new study.

[Southack]

The T Rex birth rate is too low to support Evolutionary arguments of random mutations occuring fast enough to bring about species change.

[js1138]

If T-Rex was a vegetarian, as Hovind asserts, it was certaintly not a predator.

[Parmy]

Pardon me, but how is this important to mankind?

[6SJ7]

Forty years ago, scientists thought dinosaurs were slow, stupid, cold-blooded and lived in swamps. Now they think they were smart, fast, and had sophisticated hunting skills. Next they'll be telling us that dinosaurs had a vocabulary of over 1,000 words and could drive cars, if cars existed in the Jurassic period.

[OSHA]

Moreover, over the millennia, T. rex evolved features that improved its vision: Its snout grew lower and narrower, cheek grooves cleared its sight lines, and its eyeballs enlarged. ...

Where are the fossils with the high, wide snout without the cheek groves?

[muawiyah]

No doubt T-Rex could read newspapers (from a mile away, at midnight).

Doesn't mean there was anything worth reading in them even then back before they went downhill.

[BaBaStooey]

For such an advanced and noble creature, its such a shock it didn't evolve the capability to survive the giant-fricken'-meteor-thing.

[workerbee]

Well, regardless of what kind of vision T-rex actually had, that Jurassic Park scene is one of the most riveting things I've ever watched. Even now when I've seen it probably 10 times, I think they did a first-rate job of putting you there.

[ex-NFO]

As I recall, one of Horner's arguments about T-Rex as a scavenger is that he thought T-Rex wasn't built as much for speed, but for long distance walking.

I've always thought that T-Rex didn't need to be fast, just faster than the prey animals. Nobody ever seems to ask Dr. Horner THAT question. If T-Rex was following large numbers of migratory prey animals, then one would expect that it would be made to walk long distances, and attack sick prey animals with short bursts of speed.

[Tallguy]

Stevens says the unconvincing scene in Jurassic Park inspired him to examine T. rex's vision because, with its "very sophisticated visual apparatus," the dinosaur couldn't possibly miss people so close by. Sight aside, says Stevens, "if you're sweating in fear 1 inch from the nostrils of the T. rex, it would figure out you were there anyway."

IIRC, the vision "problem" that the T-Rex had in Jurrasic Park had to do with the fact that the gaps in the DNA-sequence had been filled with the DNA of some species of frog, meaning that the latter-day T-Rex had a few defects/enhancements. Maybe this scientist should have payed better attention to the quickie primer on DNA-recovery techniques given to the visitors at the beginning of the movie.

[LiteKeeper]

YEC SPOTREP

[Centurion2000]

Interesting.

[RobRoy]

OK, I'm confused. Have we unearthed "soft tissue" or even fossilized t-rex eyeballs?

If not, what evidence gives them the conviction to state such opinions as athoritative fact rather than wild speculation?

[Lekker 1]

Alright, I admit it. The famous picture of Helen Thomas came to mind when I read this. I will spare all of you though.

[RobRoy]

>>In the 1993 movie Jurassic Park, one human character tells another that a Tyrannosaurus rex can't see them if they don't move, even though the beast is right in front of them. Now, a scientist reports that T. rex had some of the best vision in animal history. This sensory prowess strengthens arguments for T. rex's role as predator instead of scavenger. <<

I thought that was due to how the brain interpretted what the eye sees as opposed to how good the eyesite is.

You know, how you can look at a bush and not see the bird in it until the bird moves. That is due to my brain, not my eye. Last I heard, it is believed that t-rex was not all that bright.

[Uncle Vlad]

TRex was a scavenger! Hah! Next thing they're going to try to sell us was TRex was gay, or it was really TRex who authored the plays of William Shakespeare. Then they'll start the old saw again about how Shakespeare was gay. It wouldn't surprise me if someone surmises that if Shakespeare was gay and TRex was gay, then Shakespeare must have been a TRex.

Can't wait.

[tumblindice]

That's odd. My mother-in-law also had bird-like, binocular vision.