• ryedaft
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    1 month ago

    Anyone else ever wonder whether the dinosaurs were delicious?

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      100% they absolutely were.

      Give geneticists 20 years, we’ll have lab grown T-Rex in the grocery store

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        I suspect T-Rex (like carnivores in general) isn’t such a good choice if meat is your goal. Sauropods on the other hand? Tons and tons of meat from a single herbivore animal. You might even be able to use existing cattle feed.

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          Well that’s true if you have a live animal producing your meat. Not sure that applies if the meat is lab grown though?

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          At the point where we’re making lab-grown dinosaur meat, I suspect the cool factor is way more important than silly things like efficiency. T-Rex meat all the way babyyy

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        Great, can’t wait to hear beards gatekeep ancient flavor.

        “T-Rex is soooo gamey. I prefer Diplodocus veal” “Have you tried pteranodon wings? Like buffalo wings from real buffalo”

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          Or the ribs that are so good that you order them knowing you’re gonna have to flip your car back on its wheels when you’re done.