They calculated the birdy bandwidth by dividing data capacity by the length of the last pigeon's flight--a slowpoke at 3 hours, 51 minutes.

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He even tried the technique on dinosaurs, and came to the conclusion that Tyrannosaurus Rex--the favorite extinct monster of schoolboys everywhere--was a relative slowpoke.

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