> But some detractors consider the project misleading. University of Maryland vertebrate paleontologist Thomas Holtz, Jr. pointed out to Live Science, a science news site, how the lab-created skin won't be authentic because there's no actual T. rex skin or DNA to serve as a basis. "What this company is doing seems to be fantasy," he said.

rmason · 18h ago

Personally I'd like to have a pair of boots made from T. Rex Leather.

AStonesThrow · 17h ago

My mother nicknames me “T.rex” and she has also become an avid crochet/knitter at church. I’ll need to get some so that she can work it into a project!

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