Awesome Science Question of the Day: Could a human beat a T-rex in arm wrestling? [The More You Know]

Yes, you've always wondered. If you were Sly Stallone and you hat your hat turned backwards like a switch and you were on top of your game and a T-rex wanders into the shady bar and throws down a wad of cash on the table and announces that with his wimpy little arms, he'll take anyone on in an arm wrestling match, would the T-rex be able to win? Popular Science wanted to find out.

From PopSci:

“First, we’re assuming that the T. rex won’t just eat the person, right?” asks Jack Conrad, a vertebrate paleontologist at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Right. This is a sanctioned match, and killing your opponent is strictly against the rules. Who's coming out on top?

“Doesn’t matter,” Conrad says. “There’s no chance that any human alive could win.” The T. rex’s arms might have looked wimpy, but they were extremely strong. Each was about three feet long and, based on the size of the arm bones and analysis of the spots where muscle attached to the bone, they were jacked. “The bicep alone—and this is a conservative estimate—could curl 430 pounds,” Conrad says. Even the beefiest humans max out at around an embarrassing 260 pounds.

Surely an Over the Top–era Sylvester Stallone would put up a good fight? “Not even Lou Ferrigno in his prime would stand a chance,” Conrad says. “They didn’t just have big biceps. Their chest and shoulder muscles were huge too. They had huge arms and shoulders—bigger than my leg. They had the strength to rip a human’s arm right out of its socket.”

Someone fucking start making T-rexes from mosquito blood RIGHT FUCKING NOW because I want this shit to happen. You see this T-rex? Stop being a pussy and come out of extinction because mankind has a bone to pick with you.


zero's picture

heh

that would be awesome to see

Greedo shot first!

ishldgetoutmore's picture

Maybe not Stallone

But what about Schwarzenegger? A robotic termination unit versus the Tyrant Lizard? It really is the fight of the century!

paulywog's picture

Well, who's got a bigger

Well, who's got a bigger dick, humans or T-Rexs?  My money is on humans.  Proportional to body size of course.

More asians please.

mynameisfyl's picture

I'm sad to say this, but

I'm sad to say this, but there's a museum set up in Montucky where a bunch of creationists believe humans and dinos lived together.  They have exhibits set up showing them living and coexisting.

You could probably go there and ask what they think, they'd probably just tell you that Jesus arm wrestled a T-Rex and the T-Rex tried to cheat and thats when they brought down the wrath and were smited off the face of the planet...

....you don't fuck with Jesus in an arm wrestling contest.

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