What dinosaur would we EAT? | Patron Q&A #4 - December 2023 & January 2024

[@PreventtheToast]

Shoutout to everyone who saw the first version

[@Pale_7567]

I'm glad I got to see that and then be sad it was gone for a bit

[@PreventtheToast]

@@Pale_7567 yeah. as soon as it went down I assumed it would be back up at the end of the month.

[@king_crossbreed7810]

the Bakker story does not surprise me considering how much time he spent working on the fossils in the Morrison Museum while I was volunteering there, he was very adamant about talking about the importance of fossil prep and the people who do it.

[@swaggasaurus_rex]

Missed a few honks the first time. Glad Alex's rant about entomologists made the cut.

[@Kaegrowler]

...the ankylosaur discussion at the end. It reminds me of a DnD game. Party's up against an ankylosaur. Nobody's landing a hit. Ranger makes the call - he's going to take the penalties to aim --specifically- at a part of the dinosaurs anatomy that he reasons will invariably be fatal if he even hits. Not the eyes. To quote: "Nothing survives being shot in the butthole!" I made stickers for that quote.

[@coconutthecockatiel478]

If I ever end up describing a fish I'll name it elephant fish 2

[@sampagano205]

I think you're underestimating potential of a protoceratops roasted on a spit like a pig.

[@ScarletKako98]

What I would give for a compilation of "monkey fear" and "jungle situation" conversations lol I couldn't stop laughing

[@matyaskassay4346]

Don't leave out the 80 million newton biteforce t.rex either.

[@kevinprehm]

The Bakker story was better than I could have hoped, glad I asked

[@miquelescribanoivars5049]

I didn't know James worked on Taeniodonts, that's pretty cool.

[@cordelllush8133]

For some reason I picture hadrosaur tasting like moose. I would like to add to carnivores tasting bad and fish eating is a definite maybe. Apparently fish eating ducks, like mergansers, taste pretty fishy.

[@Regalius12]

Use my rule of thumb of eating meat today. If it has hooves, it’s fair game. 46:43

[@Jurassiccanonking]

About a week before this video released I had a dream where I had to fight a mountain lion with a spear.

[@alina_rose1]

😂After listening to the logic behind the tastiest dinosaur, I'm starting to think JWE2's Dryosaurus would be pretty delish.😅

[@Jurassiccanonking]

Happy Easter.

[@Mrloophole]

Happy Easter!

[@BillyBob-sm3ku]

Glory to YHWH, He has raised His Messiah, that we may know He will raise us!

[@mintriver6971]

2:03 it’s like a cult but in a good way lol

[@tobiasedwards2643]

To be fair the guy who killed a cougar killed a young one

[@Pale_7567]

All really great questions, both fun and also educational. I think something that daunted me when I was contemplating trying to become a paleontologist and then seeing the requirements was Calculus and that immediately sunk that dream for me. I still like paleo and seeing paleontologists explain their research and work.

[@Jurassiccanonking]

I swear this already came out.

[@rylansdinosandmore1748]

I was watching it when it got removed.

[@Jurassiccanonking]

@@rylansdinosandmore1748 When it first released it was right before I had to go to bed. So I saved it to watch later and when I woke up in the morning it wasn’t there.

[@Mrloophole]

​@@Jurassiccanonking same here.

[@skeletoncrew8122]

We had to re-upload due to tech issues!

[@aaronbrown3163]

Regarding taking a large dinosaur in a fight, I'd just point towards Mammoth hunting. Look at how that went with a dozen people that knew how to use a spear (and in the case of Neanderthals built like a brick shit house). Now make it a 1 v 1 using someone who's likely never hunted with a spear against something potentially bigger then a Mammoth. You'd be insane to try to take a dinosaur without a modern fire arm (and I do mean modern. No way in hell am I using a musket on a trex)

[@Rahru]

I think one of the funniest names has to be Timimus, because it makes it sound like it's an animal whose appearance mimicks both a paleontologist named Tim and a paleontologist's kid also named Tim.

[@Rahru]

Alex's energy on this video is vibing so much with mine right now (I came to work pretty much on the first light of day)

[@jdgraeme]

I'd love to see a Gallimimus prepared like a thanksgiving turkey. Sure, it would be bigger than the dining room table but it could probably serve hundreds. And how did no one say brontosaurus burger?

[@dynamoterror7077]

This had me cackling so hard I could barely breathe for minutes at a time, even after multiple rewatches! Utterly perfect content lol.

[@GandalfTheTsaagan]

The "I'll send you progressively tougher animals to peel" made me do the ugliest snort 🤣

[@justusb.plorer8773]

You have the most epic combination of Username and and profile picture that I have ever seen. You have my alleigance good sir.

[@coconutthecockatiel478]

I looked up the Magic dinosaurs and wow they're gorgeous. Really vibe heavily with them

[@kyleholder3785]

you have a decent chance of beating a king cobra in a fight. they're prone to spinal damage from rough handling and they're not fast like true cobras or mambas.

[@miquelescribanoivars5049]

You can absolutely kill a king cobra, the chances of doing it without receiving a lethal dose of venom do vary.

[@carldeaton-c3o]

I'm picturing the spike grenade from halo explosion effect with the Ankylosaur hitting a person, and their ribs are the spikes. or they'd be quicker than you'd expect and they might be able to knock you over and trample or crush you. my big concern is over a really short distance like within 10 feet they could possibly cover that quicker than a person would expect. I'm not as worried about the tail as I probably should be in this case.

[@Jai_and_privacy]

The Skeleton Crew should go out dancing

[@theBeasman333]

Homalocephale for Christmas dinner would be delectable.

[@justusb.plorer8773]

Penalty!

[@areallyshortbrontothere]

I'm late to watching this - but I'm here (Very good video)

[@SmashBrosAssemble]

The Man with no Name’s Question None! I’d rather do a Prehistoric Park & bring the fauna to the present & look at it in a safe & controllable environment, not during the Mesozoic were there’s so much dangerous things. Dinodom’s Question Probably Maip macrothorax, because it sounds silly but it translates to the big chested shadow of death which is hilariously cool. Aaron Anderson’s Question If it’s something like a Dromaeosaur it would’ve been treated like a strange terrestrial bird, if it was say a Ceratopsian it’d be treated like some weird huge reptile. Nickname’s Question My stance for paleo accuracy across all media is, if it’s a documentary, I expect full up to date accuracy. If it’s made purely for entertainment, then accuracy isn’t really on the table, just give me a cool interesting visually appealing design with verisimilitude. Bi-onysus’ Question None! I’d be mauled & or eaten alive very quickly, heck even if I cheated & fought a mid sized Dromaeosaur like Deinonychus, I’d end up like a pair of security guards in the castle cross shopping mall.

[@Atlasworkinprogress]

I very much sit in the same place, though my standards for Documentaries are bit different. I want to see accurate up to the date of writing. No reason for a Doc to be scrapped because a new paper came out 2 weeks before release.

[@SmashBrosAssemble]

@@Atlasworkinprogress Paleo Docs should always be accurate to our current at the time understandings.

[@wilhelmtan5301]

Hmm why does it feel like a reupload? Hmmmm just a feeling

[@Mrloophole]

Didn't this already come out???

[@skeletoncrew8122]

Had to re-upload due to tech issues!

[@RiverDoesTheThing]

James is lucky I don't have money. I'd make my username on patreon something heinous and cackle every time James is forced to read it aloud at the end of every episode.

[@kevinprehm]

We saw that

[@brandonbreaux1296]

I would imagine a small ceratopsian or relative would taste pretty good. Hadrosaurs makes sense, but I wonder what a large, herbivorous theropod would taste like. Deinocheirus would be interesting, but imagine a therizinosaur. No one said anything about sauropods or even protosauropods, what would they taste like? I’d imagine plateosaurus would taste very different compared to a similarly sized hadrosaur. And I know these aren’t dinosaurs, but they talked about how delicious alligator was. Well, obviously there’s a plethora of large crocodilian relatives to choose from, but let’s get creative. What would a more terrestrial relative taste like? What about a mosasaur, or one of the large temnospondyls that lived during the Mesozoic? I’m off topic, but what dinosaur would you eat is a fun question.

[@coconutthecockatiel478]

Who is out here thinking they could beat an eagle. First of all what kind? I'm assuming bald. That thing can beat you over the head with its wings, it's got a massive beak and massive talons. It could absolutely rip your throat out _and_ it has the advantage of flight. It would be really easy for you to become Prometheus - first it would go for your eyes/face and neck, or your underbelly. Of course assuming this is a situation in which the eagle is Hell bent on killing you, your best shot would be to _try_ and break the wings and/or legs but I think most people underestimate how _powerful_ birds are.

[@Vombatiform2]

To be fair, the most likely scenario is that the eagle foots your arm and maybe gives you a few whacks with its wings. Worst case scenario it foots your face but even that is unlikely to kill unless you are a small child and the eagle can give your skull a good squeeze. They don't really go for throat or belly shots, it's moustly "which part of this weird monster can i get my toes around?"

[@u1849ka]

Putting title elements in the bottom-right of the thumbnail can get it blocked by the video duration overlay.

[@Red-EyedWanderer]

Do you think any dinosaurs or Prehistoric animals has some sort of symbiotic relationship like some extant animals? (Like coyote/badger or raven/wolf)

[@dinoxels]

This time with censoring!

[@mr-pilkington]

Between the favourite dino meats and the story of a cougar choked to death, this was an uncomfortable vid to watch as a vegan 😅Still had fun with the spear and shield vs dino question though. 😁

[@TheChaos-y8n]

Please react other dinosaur media like dead sound dinosaureia and games like path of titans and isle