Tyrannosaurids were really weird theropods.

[Kai]

And Tyrannosaurus was the weirdest. http://archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/guest-post-love-the-tyrant-not-the-hype/

I don't understand the article completely, as I'm not a vertebratologist and don't know the morphology very well. But it's clear that T. rex was a very unusual theropod for a whole bunch of reasons.

I really love this article because instead of mythologizing the animals, the author describes Tyrannosarids as if they were still alive, breathing, moving giant predators.

[Luna]

Neat stuff, thanks, Kai.

[Don Coyote]

Awesome.

It paints a picture of T. rex being a multi-ton ninja with a face full of sharp death.