British zoologists have concluded through research that many large quadrupedal sauropod dinosaurs were indeed slow-moving "clumsy fools," walking at a speed of only about 1 meter per second, similar to the pace of a human stroll. The footprints of very large bipedal dinosaurs indicate that their walking speed generally did not exceed 2.2 meters per second, roughly the same as a human's brisk walking speed. The footprints of smaller bipedal dinosaurs, weighing around 500 kilograms (similar in size to a racehorse), show that they could run at 12 meters per second, exceeding the top speed of a human 100-meter champion (11 meters per second), but still significantly lower than the running speed of a racehorse (approximately 15 to 17 meters per second). The Triceratops, somewhat resembling the white rhinoceros of the modern African savanna, could reach a top running speed of 9 meters per second, equivalent to the speed of a human 100-meter sprinter.
Running Triceratops
