- Welcome to our lab-beaut-ory.

- I'm Chrissy. - And I'm Cissy.

- Some people do crazy shit in the name of beauty,

but most of the time it's more fiction than fact.

- And we're here to find out what's real and what's bogus.

- Today, we're going to see if we

can outrun a T.rex, in heels.

(triumphant orchestral music)

(dinosaur growling)

Dude, I was watching Jurassic World last weekend.

I was holed up in my tiny-ass apartment, on my tiny-ass

little couch and I was eating my nacho cheese-flavored

tortilla chips watching this beautiful film.

And there's a part in it, you know the really cute girl,

Claire, the fashiony one.

- [Cissy] Oh my goodness, I love her style.

- She's so cute.

A fuckin' T. rex comes out through those fuckin' gates,

and she's like, oh shit dude I gotta run.

And then, instead of just running like a normal human,

she runs in three and a half inch stilettos,

patent leather, nude heels.

Not even round-toe, it's like a slight point.

Do you think that shit's real?

- It's not that bad girl, get you.

You get your work done and you get your heels done.

- I don't know, I'm still shook by this,

and I think that we should go to a paleontologist

and figure it out and see if it's real or not.

- I wanna figure this out, too.

- Okay, take that pallet it's cute.

(electric rap music)

All right, Cissy, so we got our dope-ass Jurassic Park Jeep,

our dope-ass clipboard, we are on our way

to The Natural History Museum

so we can get some fucking answers.

My hypothesis is that this ain't happening, we dead.

Why wouldn't you take that shit off?

- She probably started her day not

realizing that everything was gonna hit the fan.

Plus, there's broken glass everywhere.

Without heels she would've died.

- Died?

I think we're giving that dude a lot of credit.

He is just a big-ass lizard with tiny arms.

Aren't like runners all about the arms or something?

I don't know, I never run.

You physically can't carry that much weight that quickly.

See, hippos, those things aren't that fast,

or maybe hippos are fast, I don't fucking know.

Let's go look at some dinos, Let's look at some bones.

(singing Jurassic Park theme song off-key)

Hi! - Hello.

- Who are you? - I'm Nate Smith,

I'm associate curator here in the Dinosaur Institute at

The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

- So tell me more about the T. rex, what's his deal,

why is its head so big, why is its arms so small?

- [Nate] T. rex lived around 66 million years ago.

They're growing throughout their life, and like us,

they had a kind of teenage years where they're

growing much more rapidly. - Teenz.

- Most of us were pretty awkward at 17,

but at 7,000 pounds it would've been even worse.

Some dinosaurs might've lived in social groups

and been friendly with each other,

but certainly there were also predator/prey interactions.

- This is big news for me.

I didn't know there was like dino drama.

How fast does a T. rex run?

- Well this has been a question that's

garnered a lot of debate in the paleontological community.

T. rex could probably run between 11 and 24 miles per hour.

Evidence would suggest that he's probably not a marathoner.

- That's how I run, just for like five seconds, then I stop.

Could you recreate what a run would look like from a T. rex?

- We can, scientists can actually model that type of motion.

- Can you do it? - Can I do it?

- Maybe just a little.

- You'd have your arms up here.

I can't actually bend my legs in that fashion.

- Oh okay, okay (bleeping)

So, have you ever worn heels? - I look great in heels.

- Do you think I could outrun one?

- Absolutely not. - Oh.

- The speeds that we have from people like Ussain Bolt

are faster than the upper boundaries

of what's been estimated for T. rex,

so they would no problem getting away.

- Do you think I, or anyone should try this experiment?

- I think you might wanna consult

with your podiatrist first.

- Hey, Sam, I just have a little quickie question.

Would you advise running in three and half inch heels

on a treadmill from a T. rex?

- So you wouldn't recommend it?

- Okay, love you, bye.

- Okay, let's get this test started.

Treadmill that replicates running

through the jungle: check.

Nude, patent leather heels that are precisely

three and half inches: check.

Person that doesn't wanna get eaten: check.

Big-ass T. rex:

check.

(ominous music)

This treadmill gets up to 12 miles per hour, which means,

Chrissy, if you're able to hit a consistent 11 miles per

hour or above, you have outrun a T. rex in heels.

How do you feel?

- I'm very stressed.

I'm sweating and haven't done anything yet.

Also, what's my safe word?

- Nate. - It's Nate.

- Let's get started? - Yeah, let's do this.

- Treadmill activated. (treadmill beeps)

This is casual, he hasn't even come out of the gate yet.

- Just going about my day at work, I'm Claire.

Oh my god, T. rex, hey girl.

- There's panic in Jurassic World, all you hear

is people screaming. (synthesized screaming)

Look around.

Is there something coming? - Is there a T. rex around?

- He's coming.

You're at five, you're at six,

you're at six, you're at seven.

It's coming, Chrissy!

(screaming)

- Nate.

That sucked.

Well, it's clear that I absolutely failed.

So let's bring in someone who is

a wee bit more athletic than I am.

Welcome, Krishna Curry, an elite track athlete.

- Hey, you guys.

- Hi! (applauding)

- Thank for having me.

- Oh my god, thanks for coming.

Do you think that you could outrun a T. rex?

- Yes.

- In those heels? - For sure.

- Let's do this, because if you can't do it

no one fucking can.

- Treadmill activated.

This is like a chill Jurassic World walk.

You're like hanging out in the park.

It's a good-ass day.

Two. - Feel the two?

- I feel the two.

- Uh-oh, people are screaming.

Out of the cage!

We're at eight, he's coming for you!

We're at nine, guys, we're at nine!

She's at eleven!

She's outrunning the dinosaur!

Twelve, twelve, twelve, twelve!

He's in the dust.

Are you good?

(hip-hop music)

Seriously?

- I think I can go a little bit faster.

- What?

- If wasn't on a treadmill, I could go faster.

- I'm shook.

- Why did it look so easy when she did it?

- Since Krishna killed it,

we're gonna add in some extra elements.

All right, let's do it.

(treadmill beeping)

- Eleven.

And she's at twelve!

The unit's coming.

You're going in the jungle!

- Oh, what's that, it's raining?

- Oh, it's pouring!

She's unfazed, unfazed!

We made it again, guys, we made it!

(cheering)

- Holy shit! - She did it!

- That was insane.

- Heels, human, T. rex, gone.

- Our final, final conclusion is that yes,

a human can outrun a T. rex in three and a half inch heels,

under the circumstances that they are athletic, unlike me.

So if Claire was a good runner,

she absolutely could have outrun a T. rex.

Yeah?

- Yeah. - Yeah.

- Do you guys think something's bogus

that you want us to figure out for you?

Leave it in the comments below and we'll

try to figure it out because we're scientists kind of.

- Back to lab, guys. - Bye.

(singing Jurassic World theme song offkey)

This is not right.

(laughing)

- [Cissy] That was my dinosaur.