Chickens closest living relative to T-Rex?

[bluie]

That's what it sounds like in this news article! http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/24/tech/main4044053.shtml?source=related_story&tag=related

 

[gryeyes]

Never doubted it.

The best evidence in my flock is obtained by watching Charlie, my bantam Buff Brahma, run. JUST like the stuff shown on the Discovery Channel for T-Rex!!

 

[sheila3935]

I think they run more like velociraptors.

 

[gryeyes]

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Sheila, all my other chickens DO run like velociraptors! No doubt about that. It's just Charlie - bantam Buff Brahma - who performs the thundering, alternate leg, big hop/step T-Rex lope. He holds himself up slightly more upright - none of that "beak forward, ready to pierce anything directly in front of it" v-raptor run.