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Washington: It is believed that the mighty T. rex may have
thrashed its massive head from side to side to dismember prey,
but a new study has shown that its smaller cousin Allosaurus was
a more dexterous hunter and tugged at prey more like a modern-
day falcon.  "Many people think of Allosaurus as a smaller and
earlier version of T. rex, but our engineering analyses show
that they were very different predators," said Ohio University
paleontologist Eric Snively, lead author of the new study.
Snively led a diverse team of Ohio University researchers,
including experts in mechanical engineering, computer
visualization and dinosaur anatomy. They started with a high-
resolution cast of the five-foot-long skull plus neck of the
150-million-year-old predatory theropod dinosaur Allosaurus, one
of the best known dinosaurs.  They CT-scanned the bones at
O'Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens, wh