A replica of a 13-foot tall, 40-foot long Tyrannosaurus rex stands guard at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The original specimen was discovered in South Dakota in 1990 and was named Sue after its discoverer, Sue Hendrickson. This replica has been dubbed Dino-Sue and looks like a formidable and indominable creature.
The bones reveal, however that Dino-Sue had suffered several injures that must have brought her much suffering and threatened her survival. Near the middle of the right image, three ribs show deformities from healing after being fractured. Other injures and infirmities, present but not pictured, included healed fractures to the tail vertebrae, damaged right shoulder blade, bone infection in the left lower leg, and skull damage from parasites. Wow! Even apex predators had their tough times that must have left them “dino-sore!”
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