Comments on: How to: Eat a triceratops http://boingboing.net/2012/10/26/how-to-eat-a-triceratops.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 23:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Florian Bösch http://boingboing.net/2012/10/26/how-to-eat-a-triceratops.html#comment-1567482 Florian Bösch Sun, 28 Oct 2012 01:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190234#comment-1567482 Some interesting questions are afaik not answered to date. Like T-Rex hands couldn't really help with the meal. So when he rips a piece of flesh out of the prey, what then? Head down if he opens his mouth again the piece lodged in his mouth would fall out. So he has to rise his head up to facilitate the chunk going in rather than going out? So I can see a bird doing that, I just have slight difficulty seeing how this works well if you're big and bulky and heavy. Everything gets slower relatively to body size as you scale it up. So what takes a chicken like 0.1 seconds to pick up a worm, would say take a T-Rex like 20 seconds... Talking about slow-food :) Some interesting questions are afaik not answered to date. Like T-Rex hands couldn’t really help with the meal. So when he rips a piece of flesh out of the prey, what then? Head down if he opens his mouth again the piece lodged in his mouth would fall out. So he has to rise his head up to facilitate the chunk going in rather than going out? So I can see a bird doing that, I just have slight difficulty seeing how this works well if you’re big and bulky and heavy. Everything gets slower relatively to body size as you scale it up. So what takes a chicken like 0.1 seconds to pick up a worm, would say take a T-Rex like 20 seconds…

Talking about slow-food :)

]]> By: BrianOman http://boingboing.net/2012/10/26/how-to-eat-a-triceratops.html#comment-1567361 BrianOman Sat, 27 Oct 2012 18:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190234#comment-1567361  My first response to the whole situation was the same, mostly. I found myself imagining what it would be like to dig into some triceratops and, strangely, some part of me 'knew' that it was delightful.  My first response to the whole situation was the same, mostly. I found myself imagining what it would be like to dig into some triceratops and, strangely, some part of me ‘knew’ that it was delightful.

]]> By: Felton / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/10/26/how-to-eat-a-triceratops.html#comment-1567329 Felton / Moderator Sat, 27 Oct 2012 15:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190234#comment-1567329 To Serve Triceratops is a cookbook!  <i>It's a cookbook!</i> To Serve Triceratops is a cookbook!  It’s a cookbook!

]]> By: mjfgates http://boingboing.net/2012/10/26/how-to-eat-a-triceratops.html#comment-1567322 mjfgates Sat, 27 Oct 2012 14:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190234#comment-1567322  Nono, it's "Eat WITH a Triceratops." He'll be over at six. Have plenty of salad handy!  Nono, it’s “Eat WITH a Triceratops.” He’ll be over at six. Have plenty of salad handy!

]]> By: Thad http://boingboing.net/2012/10/26/how-to-eat-a-triceratops.html#comment-1567295 Thad Sat, 27 Oct 2012 11:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190234#comment-1567295 The title says, "Triceratops For Dinner:" did you mean <i>Eat <b>Like</b> a Triceratops?</i> I was expecting recipes! The title says, “Triceratops For Dinner:” did you mean Eat Like a Triceratops?

I was expecting recipes!

]]> By: Robert http://boingboing.net/2012/10/26/how-to-eat-a-triceratops.html#comment-1567198 Robert Sat, 27 Oct 2012 04:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190234#comment-1567198 So... T. Rex = Decapasaur? So… T. Rex = Decapasaur?

]]> By: MrWoods http://boingboing.net/2012/10/26/how-to-eat-a-triceratops.html#comment-1567124 MrWoods Sat, 27 Oct 2012 01:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190234#comment-1567124 You can view this horrific scene at the Milwaukee Public Museum http://www.flickr.com/photos/retinalfetish/216482598/ You can view this horrific scene at the Milwaukee Public Museum

http://www.flickr.com/photos/retinalfetish/216482598/

]]> By: AJE http://boingboing.net/2012/10/26/how-to-eat-a-triceratops.html#comment-1567115 AJE Sat, 27 Oct 2012 01:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190234#comment-1567115 The research was not published in Nature, it was presented at a meeting. Nature printed a blurb on it- there is a huge difference. The research was not published in Nature, it was presented at a meeting. Nature printed a blurb on it- there is a huge difference.

]]> By: AlexG55 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/26/how-to-eat-a-triceratops.html#comment-1567071 AlexG55 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 00:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190234#comment-1567071 Not sure if alligator or ostrich would be our closest approximation to the taste of dinosaur among extant species that people eat. I'm kind of leaning towards ostrich- though the difference between triceratops and ostrich might be like the difference between beef and venison... Not sure if alligator or ostrich would be our closest approximation to the taste of dinosaur among extant species that people eat. I’m kind of leaning towards ostrich- though the difference between triceratops and ostrich might be like the difference between beef and venison…

]]> By: allium http://boingboing.net/2012/10/26/how-to-eat-a-triceratops.html#comment-1567022 allium Fri, 26 Oct 2012 22:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190234#comment-1567022  Not in that suit you're not, young man!  Not in that suit you’re not, young man!

]]> By: snailspace http://boingboing.net/2012/10/26/how-to-eat-a-triceratops.html#comment-1566945 snailspace Fri, 26 Oct 2012 21:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190234#comment-1566945 Which is why you never see T. rex on those home makeover shows where they get a budget and an interior designer's services.  Granted, that's mostly because they blow all the money and eat the designer, but still. Which is why you never see T. rex on those home makeover shows where they get a budget and an interior designer’s services.  Granted, that’s mostly because they blow all the money and eat the designer, but still.

]]> By: robcat2075 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/26/how-to-eat-a-triceratops.html#comment-1566933 robcat2075 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 21:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190234#comment-1566933 When I read these stories i also think about the movies where one scientist is desperately jealous of another and wonder if these excess fossils that are sitting in storage were collected just to keep anyone else from making a discovery. When I read these stories i also think about the movies where one scientist is desperately jealous of another and wonder if these excess fossils that are sitting in storage were collected just to keep anyone else from making a discovery.

]]> By: robcat2075 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/26/how-to-eat-a-triceratops.html#comment-1566932 robcat2075 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 21:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190234#comment-1566932 Wall paper, drapes, track lighting... it all sounds awkward. Wall paper, drapes, track lighting… it all sounds awkward.

]]> By: Nash Rambler http://boingboing.net/2012/10/26/how-to-eat-a-triceratops.html#comment-1566907 Nash Rambler Fri, 26 Oct 2012 20:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190234#comment-1566907 I found myself wondering what triceratops might've tasted like, but some weird, dark, primeval-lizard part of my brain said "sort of a beefy chicken.  Quite yummy, actually." I found myself wondering what triceratops might’ve tasted like, but some weird, dark, primeval-lizard part of my brain said “sort of a beefy chicken.  Quite yummy, actually.”

]]> By: snailspace http://boingboing.net/2012/10/26/how-to-eat-a-triceratops.html#comment-1566886 snailspace Fri, 26 Oct 2012 20:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190234#comment-1566886 Walls were bad enough.  Ceiling?  Forget it. Walls were bad enough.  Ceiling?  Forget it.

]]> By: Incipient Madness http://boingboing.net/2012/10/26/how-to-eat-a-triceratops.html#comment-1566880 Incipient Madness Fri, 26 Oct 2012 20:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190234#comment-1566880 I would have guessed they ripped in through the cloaca the way I once saw a blue jay eating a dead snake.  I would have guessed they ripped in through the cloaca the way I once saw a blue jay eating a dead snake. 

]]> By: sota767 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/26/how-to-eat-a-triceratops.html#comment-1566881 sota767 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 20:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190234#comment-1566881 Tyrannosaurus Rex still had an awful time trying to paint the walls in the living room. Tyrannosaurus Rex still had an awful time trying to paint the walls in the living room.

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