Could We Eat Dinosaur Meat? And What Would T. Rex Steak Have Tasted Like?
Indian Defence Review••science
Key Points:
- Scientists are exploring whether dinosaur meat would have been edible or safe for human consumption by comparing muscle structure, diet, and body composition with modern animals, particularly birds, which are direct descendants of certain dinosaurs.
- Herbivorous dinosaurs like Triceratops likely had meat similar in texture and flavor to modern livestock, while carnivorous species such as T. rex probably produced tougher, leaner meat akin to crocodile or wild game.
- Toxicity concerns arise from the possibility that some dinosaurs might have accumulated harmful compounds from their diet, similar to certain modern birds that carry toxins from insect consumption, making some dinosaur meat potentially unsafe.
- Modern birds demonstrate a wide variety of flavor and texture profiles, supporting the idea that dinosaur meat would have varied similarly
