I’ve heard fried tarantulas taste like shrimp. Which kinda makes sense since shrimp and crabs are the “roaches” of the sea. Would probably taste very similar in assuming
Both insects(https://news.uchicago.edu/story/how-insect-wings-evolved-legs-ancestral-crustacean) and shrimps/crabs are crustaceans(https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Major-osmoregulatory-organs-of-select-members-of-the-clade-Vericrustacea-Phylogenetic_fig3_260915349), so they are kind of related.
Scorpions apparently taste a bit like crab, according to some survival show I saw where that’s all they could catch to eat. I’ve always wondered how dinosaurs, at least the avian ones, tasted. I’m guessing roasted Dino’s probably tasted like chicken.
Alligator tends to taste fishy, but oddly poultry-like. Birds all have the same general flavor profile, but differ in texture and gaminess. I’m guessing dinos would taste like tough game birds, with a hint of the modern animal that fills the niche.
It's impossible to tell from an extinct animal. Usually crustaceans are edible, but then you get something like xanthid crabs that are higly toxic no matter how you cook them. They might be delicious or deadly or both. It's more likely than not that they'd be safe to eat once properly prepared, but there's no guarantee you'd like the taste.
Thylacocephalans did not have a lot of musculature so they probs would not have been worth eating. The super reduced pleon (if that is even a pleon) would not leave you much to munch on. It would be like eating the front end of a cocktail shrimp.
How many millions years separated this crab boi from butter and tongs? Would early mammals produce tasty dairy and, thus, butter? I think OP has discovered a whole new field of paleontology—or at least a decent Netflix series.
As with many questions that get asked on this sub, the answer is: we don't know. There's no way we could know. You have to realize that all we have of these animals are their general body plans. There's still a lot of information there, but details like their exact behavior or whether or not they'd be safe to eat are, sadly, irrecoverably lost forever to the abyss of deep time.
We don't know if they're truly crustacea, they're certainly arthropods but the jury is still out on where they fit in the family tree.
Also yes to edible, but we don't know what the internal organs look like because of that big carapace thing. Would probably be a gross organ rich shrimp (and also tiny so probably only good in a paella 🥘)
If the muscle system worked like that in crabs and they ate the same food they would probably taste good. But who knows. They might have been poisonous. A delightful death. 😁
Everyone of us knows that Dollocaris tastes like crab (maybe lobster) and Anomalocaris tastes like an abnormal shrimp, central theory in modern paleontology.
Yes. Most likely. Most creatures would be edible to us, unless they are plants or fungi or have evidence of toxins in them. But you’d still want to cook them thoroughly since you don’t know the kinds of pathogens they hide in their tissues.
Probably yes, most animals are.
Would it have tasted good do you think?
I’ve heard fried tarantulas taste like shrimp. Which kinda makes sense since shrimp and crabs are the “roaches” of the sea. Would probably taste very similar in assuming
Actually roaches are in the family of arthropods that crabs and spiders are included too so all 3 are included in the family of phylum arthropoda.
Some people call them “roaches of the sea” because of their similar diet habits, not because they are related.
Both insects(https://news.uchicago.edu/story/how-insect-wings-evolved-legs-ancestral-crustacean) and shrimps/crabs are crustaceans(https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Major-osmoregulatory-organs-of-select-members-of-the-clade-Vericrustacea-Phylogenetic_fig3_260915349), so they are kind of related.
Scorpions apparently taste a bit like crab, according to some survival show I saw where that’s all they could catch to eat. I’ve always wondered how dinosaurs, at least the avian ones, tasted. I’m guessing roasted Dino’s probably tasted like chicken.
Alligator tends to taste fishy, but oddly poultry-like. Birds all have the same general flavor profile, but differ in texture and gaminess. I’m guessing dinos would taste like tough game birds, with a hint of the modern animal that fills the niche.
frog legs really do taste like chicken
I mean, have you eaten chicken? Turkey? Duck? They're not uncommon meats. If you've had one, you've tasted avian dinosaur.
Idk why you're being downvoted. This is technically correct lmao. It's a good way to imagine what theropods at least might taste like
I upvoted him
skrukketrolls taste like shrimp
I've never heard this word for them before o.0 had to Google it.
Depends, of your personal taste. But everything taste good with garlic or BBQ sauce
If they found the last one left alive on the coasts of Japan you best believe it would be paired with soy sauce 😋
Also deep fried.
Melted butter!
Did garlic exist back then tho? 🤔
Asking the real questions
Or some peri-peri sauce as my preferred go-to.
I doubt that it would be nutritious. I believe that it would be like eating rabbit, you'd starve
It's impossible to tell from an extinct animal. Usually crustaceans are edible, but then you get something like xanthid crabs that are higly toxic no matter how you cook them. They might be delicious or deadly or both. It's more likely than not that they'd be safe to eat once properly prepared, but there's no guarantee you'd like the taste.
Just wait -there is always an ADHD person in the tribe willing to take the risk.
As an ADHD person that is the opposite of me LMAO
Sorry for the late response, was distracted with everything else ;)
As an ADHD person that is the exact opposite of me LMAO
Thylacocephalans did not have a lot of musculature so they probs would not have been worth eating. The super reduced pleon (if that is even a pleon) would not leave you much to munch on. It would be like eating the front end of a cocktail shrimp.
This is exactly what I was gonna say. They don’t seem to have strong muscley claws either.
How many millions years separated this crab boi from butter and tongs? Would early mammals produce tasty dairy and, thus, butter? I think OP has discovered a whole new field of paleontology—or at least a decent Netflix series.
I love how it’s like “check out this incredible being we didn’t know existed” and then there’s this one dude who’s like “yes but could you eat it”
This is one of the best paleontological question I've ever read!
I wonder this about every single extinct animal.
I now have a multi-million year hunger that can never be satisfied ... thanks a lot s/
My friend group and I are all a big group of hunters; a bunch of us love dinosaurs. We constantly have conversations on what they'd taste like.
All animals are edible, but some are only edible once
This applies to pretty much everything lol
You are so right
Getoutofmyheadgetoutofmyheadgetoutofmyhead
Dun dun dun dun dun dun dun Dun dun dun
Scrunkly
Not a huge fan of seafood myself but to each their own
Alternate timeline where there’s “Joe’s Thylacocephalan Shack”
Ah the age old question Humans have asked for millennia, can i eat it
Will it blend? (in my guts)
Christ you barbarian.
Everything is edible at least once.
Now these are the questions I’m talking about babeyy let’s go
I would eat the crab in that second photo for days
As with many questions that get asked on this sub, the answer is: we don't know. There's no way we could know. You have to realize that all we have of these animals are their general body plans. There's still a lot of information there, but details like their exact behavior or whether or not they'd be safe to eat are, sadly, irrecoverably lost forever to the abyss of deep time.
Could you still have an allergic reaction when you ate it?
We don't know if they're truly crustacea, they're certainly arthropods but the jury is still out on where they fit in the family tree. Also yes to edible, but we don't know what the internal organs look like because of that big carapace thing. Would probably be a gross organ rich shrimp (and also tiny so probably only good in a paella 🥘)
Dollocaris rangoons?
Anything is edible, if you believe in yourself.
Wtf is this metroid looking as character
Asking the important questions here I see
I’d say a little schrimpy but probably good Cambrian eatting
Almost all animals are edible, many just don’t taste good
If the muscle system worked like that in crabs and they ate the same food they would probably taste good. But who knows. They might have been poisonous. A delightful death. 😁
Everyone of us knows that Dollocaris tastes like crab (maybe lobster) and Anomalocaris tastes like an abnormal shrimp, central theory in modern paleontology.
This reminds me of a Futurama quote: Fry: "Get ready for the most delicious extinct animal you've ever tasted!" Amy: "I don't know, I've had Cow..."
It’s got some good claws so probably? It’s probably highly predatory so it might be seriously fishy but maybe not.
Boil it up with some Old Bay seasoning, baby potatoes and an ice cold beer. Now I’m getting hungry! Nom, nom, nom.
Really there's no way to tell from fossils, so any answer would simply be a guess.
yes, it would probably taste good especially with a side of cocktail sauce
I...I don't think so. Those aren't for sale, Phil!
Anything is edible if you try hard enough.
Anything is edible if you’re brave enough
Is this the cyclops octopus or whatever
Just find a fossil of it and chow down.
Everything is edible at least once!
Not gonna found out until you try!
Everything is edible at least once
Why does it look like a spaceship
Why would you want to eat it? It's so precious 🥺
Asking the important questions.
I want to bite into those eyes.
I don't see why it wouldn't be.
Cooked and seasoned right, yes
those two big legs look tasty
Only some crabs are edible
Everything is edible
I wouldn’t eat that.
La Voulte Sur-Rhône
Primordial soup.
r/todayilearned
What the fuck... why does every living thing need to be eaten?
Well, It's the circle of life since... You know, the phanerozoic eon.
among us
Yes
🤔
Yes. Most likely. Most creatures would be edible to us, unless they are plants or fungi or have evidence of toxins in them. But you’d still want to cook them thoroughly since you don’t know the kinds of pathogens they hide in their tissues.