Tyrannosaurus : The world largest carnivore

Carnivores are animals that eat meat, and the largest carnivore ever to have lived was the giant dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex. The word Tyrannosaurus means " terrible lizard", a rather fitting description of this fearsome beast. The word rex means 'king', and it must have been king-like when it roamed what is now North America and Eastern Asia. Few animals could have withstood its enormous strength. Standing nearly six metres high and 15 metres long , this reptile had tiny, almost  useless forelegs but immensely powerful jaws armed with rows of 15 centimetre long teeth. Beings so heavy, Tyrannosaurus probably weight about eight tonnes. It was unlikely that it was able to pursue its prey in the way that modern carnivores such as big cats can. It most probably laid in wait for victims; or attacked slow moving dinosaurs. Some of the larger museums have skeletons of Tyrannosaurus.