rex specimens have holes similar to Sue's.
The researchers explored whether the holes had been caused by an infection involving microbes called protozoans.O'Connor noted that one falcon diagnosed with trichomoniasis had shown damage in its jaw, but it differed from Sue's holes.The bone around Sue's holes showed signs of healing, indicating that whatever caused them did not kill the animal.Similarities were observed between Sue's healing and the healed breaks in other fossilized bones as well as healing bone seen around holes made in the skulls of ancient Inca people in Peru.
rex individuals, that caused large holes to open up in the jawbone but only in the back of the jawbone, but didn't kill the T.
The holes were not the only examples of damage endured by Sue, a dinosaur that lived about 33 years.