Is 12,000 kilograms as heavy as a Tyrannosaurus rex?

It's about one-and-one-third times as heavy as a Tyrannosaurus rex

The weight of a Tyrannosaurus rex is about 8,800 kilograms.

(for FMNH PR 2081, a.k.a. "Sue") (a.k.a. Tyrannosaurus, a.k.a. T-Rex) (estimated live weight)

The notable Tyrannosaurus specimen housed at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois, "Sue," is estimated to have weighed about 8,800 kilograms while alive. A renowned predator in popular culture, the teeth of tyrannosaurus rex were up to 33.02 cm (13 in) long.

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