Giant dinosaur had 'thunder thighs'

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 10:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Anyone who's ever thought they had a big butt had nothing on a dinosaur literally named "thunder thighs." Among the sauropods, the largest creatures to have ever walked the Earth, Brontomerus — "thunder thighs" in Greek — probably had the biggest thighs of them all, scientists revealed.

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