Could we have raised dinosaurs? Learn about the most delicious dinosaurs that could have ended up on our plates – if we lived next to them…

It’s nice to think that if we coexisted with dinosaurs we would do so in harmony, keeping them in large, protected national parks where they could roam freely without much human interference.

However, if we’re honest, we’ll likely domesticate a few species, cram them into crowded indoor environments, and farm them for their meat.

What did dinosaurs taste like is a question often asked by paleontologists, second only to “what’s your favorite dinosaur”? We don’t know, and likely will never know, the answer to this question, but we can make some educated guesses by comparing them to animals alive today.

As a general rule, animals that eat plants are usually tastier than those that eat meat, which is why we eat cows, pigs and chickens, not wolves, bears or lions. This is because animal fats in the diet of carnivores give their meat a “funny” and unattractive flavour. Meat from carnivores is also lean, stringy, and tough — not to mention, it’s often full of fat. Parasites.

Based on this principle, we can hazard a guess that the tastiest dinosaurs would have been Large herbivores and grazers like Edmontosaurus, Stegosaurusand Triceratops. Sauropods would have been very tasty too, for the same reasons, and thanks to their huge size they would have been able to feed thousands of people. Just imagine the amount of steak you can make from the back of a piece of meat Argentinian!

To imagine what this meat tastes like, all we have to do is think about the last time we ate chicken, turkey, duck, or goose. These delicious birds evolved from dinosaurs, which means they’re basically modern-day dinosaurs. As members of the same hologroup, their meat would likely taste quite similar.