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T-Rex will make its way through Tunbridge Wells this afternoon

By: Annabel Rusbridge-Thomas

Published: 11:00, 02 June 2015

A T-Rex has been unleashed in Tunbridge Wells.

The dinosaur, which is strapped to a flatbed truck, partially covered by a blood-soaked operating sheet, shocked unsuspecting Londoners as it made its way through the city this morning.

It travelled past various landmarks including Trafalgar Square and Houses of Parliament, before heading to Kent.

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The giant dinosaur has been travelling through London covered by a blood-soaked sheet
The T-Rex has been unleashed on unsuspecting Londonders

Don't panic though - it might seem like a sight out of a horror movie, but the replica T-Rex headed through Tunbridge Wells to celebrate the transmission of a documentary, T.Rex autopsy, on National Geographic this week.

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Local sculptor Andy Billet, based in Southborough, created the beast which measures 13 feet from nose to tail.

T-Rex Autopsy sees the world’s first life-sized anatomically precise model of a T-Rex going under the knife in a two hour special.

The dinosaur has been travelling across the south-east to celebrate the start of a National Geographic programme

The model’s dimensions are based on bone scans of ‘Sue’, the largest and most complete T-Rex fossil ever found.

The life-like organs were created using the latest scientific knowledge and research and in collaboration with a team of paleontologists and comparative anatomists.

As the teams get stuck in and investigate how the specimen may have died, they explore its biology and anatomy, and discuss how the world’s most infamous mega-predator may have lived.

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Video: The T-Rex made its way through Tunbridge Wells.

If you spotted the giant model send your pictures to messengernews@thekmgroup.co.uk

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