# T. Rex Autopsy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 2, 2018, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-autopsy/805735 "2018-01-02T04:16:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-autopsy/805735/1 "2018-01-02T04:16:49Z")
This is a couple of years old but it was new to me, maybe to others here as well. An “autopsy” of a full-scale model of a Tyrannosaurus that was made as anatomically accurate as is currently known. [https://nerdist.com/national-geographics-t-rex-autopsy-is-a-roaring-return-the-science-special/](https://nerdist.com/national-geographics-t-rex-autopsy-is-a-roaring-return-the-science-special/) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9flMXG2QD5U) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-autopsy/805735/2 "2018-01-02T12:23:26Z")
“Wait a minute! Something doesn’t add up! I think this T. rex was killed somewhere else, and the body was _moved_ here to make it look like he died here.” ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-autopsy/805735/3 "2018-01-02T13:58:08Z")
“This wasn’t a meteor strike. Something else crushed this big girl’s cranium before the Tunguska Event.” ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-autopsy/805735/4 "2018-01-02T14:06:22Z")
Artistic differences? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-autopsy/805735/5 "2018-01-02T20:49:14Z")
Yes, I saw that first time around. Fascinating and fun to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-autopsy/805735/6 "2018-01-02T21:17:56Z")
It wasn’t lupus. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-autopsy/805735/7 "2018-01-02T23:18:53Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > “Wait a minute! Something doesn’t add up! I think this T. rex was killed somewhere else, and the body was _moved_ here to make it look like he died here.” C.S.I. Cretaceous. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-autopsy/805735/8 "2018-01-05T16:34:11Z")
The asteroid came from the grassy knoll. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-autopsy/805735/9 "2018-01-05T16:35:17Z")
They _all_ did it. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-autopsy/805735/10 "2018-01-05T16:36:22Z")
I think it was Mr. Mustard in the Library with the Lead pipe. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-autopsy/805735/11 "2018-01-05T16:38:58Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > I think it was Mr. Mustard in the Library with the Lead pipe. And a ladder. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-autopsy/805735/12 "2018-01-05T17:07:37Z")
Shouldn’t it be T. Tex Necropsy? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-autopsy/805735/13 "2018-01-05T17:10:24Z")
Q: So what can kill a forty-foot long, seven ton predator? A: No one who’s found out came back… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-autopsy/805735/14 "2018-01-05T17:14:08Z")
Q: What is a dinosaurs least favorite reindeer? A: Comet. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-autopsy/805735/15 "2018-01-07T00:45:27Z")
No need for an autopsy. Bolan’s death killed T. Rex. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-autopsy/805735/16 "2018-01-07T14:54:29Z")
> [@Kyle Hill](#): > > …a stomach big enough to fit a 4-year-old (National Geographic’s comparison of choice). 😛