I’m sure we can answer this
With simple logistics and mathematics.
If an adult diplodocus is ten to twelve tonnes,
How much would it weigh when it was young?
Now a baby diplodocus would be very small,
Five feet from the ground, that’s not big at all!
But an adult diplodocus, well they were huge
They were bigger than me and bigger than you!
They were ninety foot tall, as tall as the trees
So the diplodocus would eat all their leaves.
But a teenager, what about their weight and size?
Well now we’ll find out, I won’t tell you lies!
A teenage diplodocus is somewhere between,
They’d be pretty tall and they’d be pretty lean.
A teenager would be about two thirds of the size
So let’s use some maths and start to divide
Two thirds of twelve tonnes, well that would be eight
But let’s find the height as well as the weight
Two thirds of ninety, that’s sixty feet tall
So they wouldn’t be big but they wouldn’t be small.
So know we know what a teen diplodocus would weigh,
I hope you had fun, now have a great day!
Question from Alice F. from Facebook!
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