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Paleontologists take many things into account to find a dinosaur's speed. They consider its weight, shape, the length of its legs and the ratio of the tibia to the femur (two different leg bones), and, if there are footprints (which is rare), they can be an additional clue. They often input this data into a computer program, which simulates different styles of locomotion to find out which one was the most likely (used the least energy and had the lowest possibility of injury).

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