Hey ladies and gentlemen, in this video I'll be going through one of the most infamous battles to ever touch debates. The Tyrannosaurus rex vs Spinosaurus. Which will be the victor?

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Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
0:45 Core Debate
9:46 Who Wins?

Thumbnail Credit
T.rex Osmatar
Spino sphenaphinae

Sources:

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Olfactory receptor repertoire size in dinosaurs: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.0909
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Lower rotational inertia and larger leg muscles indicate more rapid turns in tyrannosaurids than in other large theropods: https://peerj.com/articles/6432/

Theropod dinosaurs had primatelike numbers of telencephalic neurons: https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.25453

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Spinosaurus is not an aquatic dinosaur: doi: 10.7554/eLife.80092

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