Just have look and see what some researchers have been up to.
The have created a computerised race between five virtual dinouars, a human, an emu and an ostrich. Apart from the fun and curiosity, let me increase that awe to highlight the findings arising from this study:
Top speeds:
3kg chicken-sized compsognathus: 40mph (18m/s)
20kg velociraptor: 24.2mph
430kg crested dilophosasurus: 23.5mph
1½-tonne allosaurus: 21mph
6-tonne T rex: 17.9mph (8m/s)
Emu: 30mph
Ostrich: 35mph
human: 17.7 mph
For the latter, is should be noted that world class 200m sprinters may reach a top speed of 27mph (12m/s).
Sources: The Guardian and BBC
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