What do we know about this ancient monster? How did he kill? What did help him to hunt down his prey? All about this i will tell you now. Ok, let us start .
A bit of theory
Tyrannosaurus was a theropod dinosaur that lived in Late Cretaceous Period, 67 to 65.5 million years ago. He probably saw the end of the dinosaurs' era. It belongs to Tyrannosauridae family including such dinosaurs as Tarbosaurus (mongolian cousin of T-rex), and the "Canadian Tyrannosaurus" Albertosaurus. All they have common attributes such as sall forelimbs with two claw and big skull with large teeth.
Description
T-rex was nearly 12.4-13 metres long and weighed about 8 tonns. It was one of the biggest theropod dinosaurs such as Giganotosaurus and Spinosaurus. But, I heard that scientist excavated some individual of T-rex that was named as "Tyrannosaurus Imperator". Reffering to scientists, this individual was 20 persent longer than "Sue" - the biggest excavated Tyrannosaurus. It means that "Imperator" was nearly 15 metres! It's bigger that Giganotosaurus (14 metres).
1st weapon - Jaws
What about skull of T-rex. It was nearly 1.5 metres long and it was full of teeth sizing 15 centimetres long. It could staying under huge stress. So we can suppose that he could strike with its skull. Another interesting fact about his jaws is that he had the strongest bite among terrestrial animals. A T. rex would have been capable of biting down with a force of 35,000 to 57,000 Newtons with its back teeth, according to the study. It is nearly 5 tonns ! So T-rex could kill the prey with one bite. It's really amazing.
2nd weapon - Vision
Other evidence that is telling us about his hunting behavior. The eye-sockets of tyrannosaurs are positioned so that the eyes would point forward, giving them binocular vision slightly better than that of modern hawks. Horner also pointed out that the tyrannosaur lineage had a history of steadily improving binocular vision. It is not obvious why natural selection would have favored this long-term trend if tyrannosaurs had been pure scavengers, which would not have needed the advanced depth perception that stereoscopic vision provides. In modern animals, binocular vision is found mainly in predators.
3rd weapon - Speed
Scientists have produced a wide range of maximum speed estimates, mostly around 11 metres per second (40 km/h; 25 mph), but a few as low as 5–11 metres per second (18–40 km/h; 11–25 mph), and a few as high as 20 metres per second (72 km/h; 45 mph). It's very fast for animal that weighed 8 tonns. he could hunt any animal that lived on his territory.
4th Weapon - Body
If we look at the skeleton of T-rex, we can understand that his body was perfectly balanced - well-placed center of gravity and big tail helped to balance the body of tyrannosaurus during the run. Tyran was powerfully built which proves us again that he was born to be the apex predator
Summing Up
Tyrannosaurus rex was the apex predator of North America during the Late Cretaceous. Having the most powerful bite of all terrestiral animal, he could kill with only one bite. Powerful building helped him to win in battle even with such monsters as Ankylosaurus and Tryceratops. Reaching the speed of 70 km/h, he could catch the fastest prey. with the binocular vision he could correctly estimate the distance to prey. All these evidences made him one of the most adapted predator of all times
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