Sinister sound of Tyrannosaurus Rex heard for first time in 66 million years

The Daily Telegraph ^ | December 9, 2017 | Sarah Knapton

[EveningStar]

The fearsome roar of Tyrannosaurus Rex as portrayed in film has left many a cinema-goer quaking in their seat.

But new research suggests the king of the dinosaurs made a far more sinister sound.

For a new BBC documentary, naturalist Chris Packham visited Julia Clarke, professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology at the University of Texas, to test out a the theory that dinosaurs actually sounded more like birds and reptiles, than today’s predatory mammals.

“The most chilling noises in the natural world today come from predators, the howl of the wolf, the roar of the tiger, but experts now doubt that T-Rex sounded anything like them,” said Packham.

[dfwgator]

I got your body right now on my mind and I drunk myself b-lind to the sound of old T-Rex
To the sound of old T-Rex - who’s next?

[LouieFisk]

“BANG A GONGGGGGGG!!!!”

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Arcadia sounds like this;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W5aKwrsYIM

[ConservativeLawyer]

Great reference to The Who.

[jdsteel]

Who??? Oh. Right. 😉

[Arthur McGowan]

God permitted the Devil to plant all those bones about 6,000 years ago in order to test our faith in the Bible.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Yea, right.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNIdqvMUhrE

[onedoug]

Which would seem to me an insult to God.

[Mr Rogers]

"I feel like this just induces fear...isn't that the scariest sound you've ever heard?"

Umm...sounded like a creaking door. And it is a total guess. Essentially, 'If a bird was as big as T Rex, what sound would come out'. Maybe I should record the chickens in my backyard, then lower the tone and increase the volume and tell people I know what T Rex sounded like. Particularly MRS T Rex when laying an egg!

[BlueLancer]

Duck Amuck

[Balding_Eagle]

He permitted the Devil to plant all our memories of our youth and the world before yesterday in order to test our faith in the Bible.

In fact, our ‘world’ began just yesterday morning, 11am.

The dinosaurs never existed.

Neither did our parents.

[mass55th]

I listened to it a couple of times, and to me it sounds like a big cat purring.

[tumblindice]

[TXnMA]

You never need fear sunburn nor frostbite on your scalp...

[Waverunner]

T Rex probably spewed great gobs of spittle as it made the awesome roar of " THAATS Despicable". Of course T-Rex went extinct due to the age long competition with mammals over duck season or rabbit season.
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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks EveningStar.

[Squantos]

She needs to hire somebody to power wash that yap an pull those rotten teeth ..... daaaaaaauuuuuuummmmmm !

What a skank.

[null and void]

Maybe they had a bet?

See also Job...

[null and void]

I listened to it a couple of times, and to me it sounds like a big cat purring.

I also thought it was more a purr than a roar.