# Do you think we could train or tame dinosaurs?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 10, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-we-could-train-or-tame-dinosaurs/1014140 "2025-02-10T17:31:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-we-could-train-or-tame-dinosaurs/1014140/101 "2025-02-14T21:41:05Z")

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> [@DSeid](#):
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> I’ve had bear. Blech.

> [@puzzlegal](#):
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> I’m told that the taste of bear, like pork, is influenced by what the animal ate recently. Bear that was raising garbage cans and eating spoiled food isn’t very good. But bear that is raiding your apple trees is delicious. (This from a mailing list of commercial apple growers.)

Right-

My Dad grew up in Alaska, he said bear was GREAT in berry season but horrible in Salmon season.

Lion, etc meat is apparently very tough and stringy.

> **[People Who've Eaten Exotic Animals Reveal What They Taste Like](https://www.ranker.com/list/what-do-exotic-animals-taste-like/eric-conner)**
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> Ever wonder what exotic animals taste like? Not all animal meats taste like chicken, though a surprising amount of them do. Chef Greg DeWitt, who has worked with a wide variety of game in his 20+ years in the industry, offers...

Take that list with a grain of salt.

I have had horse- in hamburger. Bear & boar (both must be cooked thoroughly), emu, alligator (tastes like chicken), and some others. None of them were that tasty.

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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-we-could-train-or-tame-dinosaurs/1014140/102 "2025-02-14T22:33:42Z")

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When i visited South Africa i got to try the meat of several antelope. They were all delicious. Kudu was the toughest meat I’ve ever eaten, and the tastiest.

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-we-could-train-or-tame-dinosaurs/1014140/103 "2025-02-17T07:53:50Z")

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[Antelope meat](https://www.woolworths.co.za/prod/Food/Promotions/Buy-2-Or-More-And-Save/Buy-any-2-Save-20-/Ostrich-and-Venison/Free-Range-Venison-Steak-Avg-500-g/_/A-2573500000002?isFromPLP=true)is easily available in grocery stores here (along with [dinosaur steaks](https://www.woolworths.co.za/prod/_/A-20161385)). It’s a bit of a toss-up as to _which_ antelope is currently available.

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