How Do You Weigh a Dinosaur? There Are Two Ways, and it Turns Out They’re Both Right

1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auGizmodo Internationalhttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/gizmodointernational/How Do You Weigh a Dinosaur? There Are Two Ways, and it Turns Out They’re Both Rightrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="zQtmTfLfeB"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2020/09/how-do-you-weigh-a-dinosaur-there-are-two-ways-and-it-turns-out-theyre-both-right/">How Do You Weigh a Dinosaur? There Are Two Ways, and it Turns Out They’re Both Right</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2020/09/how-do-you-weigh-a-dinosaur-there-are-two-ways-and-it-turns-out-theyre-both-right/embed/#?secret=zQtmTfLfeB" width="600" height="338" title="“How Do You Weigh a Dinosaur? There Are Two Ways, and it Turns Out They’re Both Right” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="zQtmTfLfeB" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/24/vll7sd42fskqa77t1d6c.png?quality=75&w=600600338The most emblematic feature of dinosaurs is their body size. Some dinosaurs reached enormous sizes during the Mesozoic Era which ended 66 million years ago, with some species maybe even approaching 100 tonnes. The largest animals ever to walk on Earth were almost certainly dinosaurs. But how do we know how heavy they really were? […]