Scientists are trying to figure out why the Tyrannosaurus Rex had such small arms.
On Monday, a special team from the Field Museum carefully removed SUE's right arm.
The 67-million-year-old fossils will be CT scanned and photographed with the hope that scientists can figure out how it was used. A field museum scientist has another theory. "There's a suggestion that the arms are sexual claspers, like so during mating they're like grabbing the female T. Rex and kind of holding her in place similar to the way that male lions will bite the back of the neck of a female lion," said Jingmae O'Connor, Associate Curator at the Field Museum.Results are expected in February. that I have read and agree
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