Lex Fridman Podcast #480 · September 4, 2025 · 3h

T-Rex, Dinosaurs, Extinction, Evolution, and Jurassic Park

Dave Hone — paleontologist. Everything you wanted to know about T-Rex and dinosaurs. What got right and wrong in Jurassic Park. How dinosaurs actually lived, hunted, and died.

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Highlights

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T-Rex was a patient ambush predator, not a charging beast

Hone: T-Rex couldn't run fast. It was built for patient ambush hunting and bone-crushing bites — not the Hollywood chase predator.

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