"Run as fast as you can, and if it's catching up, reach behind you and throw some it its face."
"Some what?"
"Don't worry, it'll be there."

Research assistant won't be running because I will have tripped him.

MaudlinMutantMollusk: dittybopper: MaudlinMutantMollusk: dittybopper: MaudlinMutantMollusk: I'm pretty sure I can outrun a rock, yeah

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Think so?

Nothing was mentioned about assisted acceleration.

Fair enough.  Unassisted rock:

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Aw, come on, man.... gravity is assistance, too.

/I meant a goddamned fossil, ok?
//sheesh

Oh, yeah. Oooh, ahhh, that's how it always starts. Then later there's running and screaming.

The real question isn't if you can outrun it, but how tasty it is

Credibility in this story depends on how fast Jesus had to run to catch the dinosaur to ride one.

No Time To Explain: The real question isn't if you can outrun it, but how tasty it is

You sound fat.

you know what they couldn't outrun?  Bunnies.



Study it out people, it's right there on the internet.

dittybopper: No Time To Explain: The real question isn't if you can outrun it, but how tasty it is

Tastes like chicken.

A big, 6 ton chicken.

I'm more concerned about the 6 foot turkeys personally.

If there were only a web comic dedicated to making plans escaping from raptors...

I can bang a gong, and get it on.  As long as he doesn't think I'm competition, he'll probably leave me alone.

swankywanky: you know what they couldn't outrun?  Bunnies.

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Study it out people, it's right there on the internet.

Bunnies aren't just cute like everybody supposes.

I can outrun Barney.

Just hope he doesn't bring friends...

Sooo, we're estimating a running speed for a creature that has been extinct for "millions" of years, based on their skeletol structure and height/weight/mass? I like to keep an open mind, but whatever scientific "evidence" that's been accrued is still flawed by the fact NO ONE KNOWS. Hypothosise all you want, but the simple fact IS, all we have are fossilized remains, not cave paintings, or hyroglyphic interpretations. If they perfect cloning of such a creature, publish THOSE findings. Can I outrun a T-Rex? I DONT KNOW....and neither do the eggheads...

Humans (those that condition themselves) are actually amongst the best species at endurance running.  Homo sapiens have springy tendons in their legs, allowing an efficient running stride.  We sweat, giving us a swift means to dissipate heat.  Experienced runners can maintain a reasonable speed over a distances of tens of miles.

For comparison, cheetahs are the fastest land animal, but they're only good at short sprints.  They exhaust themselves quickly and cannot make another sprint until after a long cool-down.

If a human is starting their run with a separation between then and the T-rex, they might actually be able to outrun one.  While we're not the fastest species by a long measure, we can run for about the longest.

Human vs Horse:
http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports_nut/2012/06/long_distanc e_ running_and_evolution_why_humans_can_outrun_horses_but_can_t_jump_high er_than_cats_.html

Adaptations for endurance running:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endurance_running_hypothesis

Difficulty: The T-Rex is a robot and it comes running out of a TARDIS.

But can it chase a female T Rex around a desk?

dittybopper: Representative of the unwashed masses: dittybopper: No Time To Explain: The real question isn't if you can outrun it, but how tasty it is

Tastes like chicken.

A big, 6 ton chicken.

I'm more concerned about the 6 foot turkeys personally.

THAT is a 6 foot jive turkey.

/ we would make very tasty snacks for most carnivorous dinosaurs

Bondith

Bunnies aren't just cute like everybody supposes.


Thank you, Anya.


I'll never tell

Bondith: swankywanky: you know what they couldn't outrun?  Bunnies.

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Study it out people, it's right there on the internet.

Bunnies aren't just cute like everybody supposes.

They've got them hoppy legs and twitchy little noses.

Sooo, we're estimating a running speed for a creature that has been extinct for "millions" of years, based on their skeletol structure and height/weight/mass? I like to keep an open mind, but whatever scientific "evidence" that's been accrued is still flawed by the fact NO ONE KNOWS. Hypothosise all you want, but the simple fact IS, all we have are fossilized remains, not cave paintings, or hyroglyphic interpretations. If they perfect cloning of such a creature, publish THOSE findings. Can I outrun a T-Rex? I DONT KNOW....and neither do the eggheads...

Wrong
We actually used this question in a Physics 103 lab on pendulums. A leg is a pendulum, and as such it has a specific natural period based on its length (your normal walking speed). You can push it faster, but only up to a point (4 times the natural frequency) - after that the bone breaks. Race horses have been known to break bones coming out of the gate. It has nothing to do with them getting tangled, they are just attempting to run faster than their bones can handle. Thus you can come up with a maximum speed based on leg length alone. If their bones were reinforced with something stronger, that maximum would go up as the limit could be 6 or 8 times the natural frequency instead of just 4.

theMagni: What the hell?

It's only been 20 years, and there's not a single picture from Jurassic Park?



"Malcolm get rid of the flare!"

NotARocketScientist: Sooo, we're estimating a running speed for a creature that has been extinct for "millions" of years, based on their skeletol structure and height/weight/mass? I like to keep an open mind, but whatever scientific "evidence" that's been accrued is still flawed by the fact NO ONE KNOWS. Hypothosise all you want, but the simple fact IS, all we have are fossilized remains, not cave paintings, or hyroglyphic interpretations. If they perfect cloning of such a creature, publish THOSE findings. Can I outrun a T-Rex? I DONT KNOW....and neither do the eggheads...

Wrong
We actually used this question in a Physics 103 lab on pendulums. A leg is a pendulum, and as such it has a specific natural period based on its length (your normal walking speed). You can push it faster, but only up to a point (4 times the natural frequency) - after that the bone breaks. Race horses have been known to break bones coming out of the gate. It has nothing to do with them getting tangled, they are just attempting to run faster than their bones can handle. Thus you can come up with a maximum speed based on leg length alone. If their bones were reinforced with something stronger, that maximum would go up as the limit could be 6 or 8 times the natural frequency instead of just 4.

OK, but on THAT note, there is still MUCH speculation of the gravitational force at that time, due to the, still, formation of earth.Im just saying, there many unknown variables. Hypothetical is nice for the formation of other theories, but we have very little "fact" about that time period. As I said, I'm trying to keep an open mind...

ElLoco: Just hope he doesn't bring friends...

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I miss Epicus Maximus.

Could you outfly one?

You don't have to be faster than the T-Rex.  You only have to be faster than your research assistant.

DVDave: You don't have to be faster than the T-Rex.  You only have to be faster than your research assistant.

Yes, that was the joke stated in the headline.

Ryder79: Sooo, we're estimating a running speed for a creature that has been extinct for "millions" of years, based on their skeletol structure and height/weight/mass? I like to keep an open mind, but whatever scientific "evidence" that's been accrued is still flawed by the fact NO ONE KNOWS. Hypothosise all you want, but the simple fact IS, all we have are fossilized remains, not cave paintings, or hyroglyphic interpretations. If they perfect cloning of such a creature, publish THOSE findings. Can I outrun a T-Rex? I DONT KNOW....and neither do the eggheads...

How about seeing if you could outrun the dinosaur's closest living relative?

dittybopper: iheartscotch: we would make very tasty snacks for most carnivorous dinosaurs

Not me.

I'd do something just about every one in the JP movies fails to even think about:  I'd be making myself some weapons.  A stout, straight tree branch with a fire-hardened sharp point, or perhaps even a knapped spear head, would go a long way to providing some protection.

That's not saying I couldn't be eaten, just that I'd do my damnedest porcupine impression and make sure they really, really, *REALLY* wanted to ingest me.

That's assuming, of course, that I'm in the Jurassic Park Universe, where guns just don't work.  Otherwise I'll shoot them instead.

Indeed.

I always kind of wondered why the island didn't have a battalion of security personnel with heavy machine guns, rocket launchers, tanks and apache helicopters. I'd, personally, find a very tall tree to hang out in. Hopefully, they let me have my mosin; because then I'd eat the 6 ft turkeys as opposed to them eating me.

/ I also wondered why they didn't just make the V.raptor enclosure taller; that way, they couldn't jump out. Also, I wondered why they wouldn't make the doors fail in the locked position.