19 Silly Dinosaur Facts You Missed at School

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Aug 7, 2025 11:00 AM EDT

The dinosaurs, what a group of animals, some with wings, others with enormous size, and others with incredible defense mechanisms. They truly are mother nature's wildest creations and considering the world that they lived in, they needed all the help that they could get. Us fleshy meat sacks would not last a second in that unruly world.

But today we wanted to bring you a little taste of what it could have been like to learn about these ancient creatures if your school teacher was more clown than teacher and actually taught you the things that would interest you about dinosaurs. We are talking about things like what different dinosaurs would have tasted like? Or what ridiculous names did scientists give to certain dinosaurs through the ages? So prepare yourself for a truly silly trip into the mysterious world of dinosaurs.

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  • 01
    KFC P DID SPINOSAURUS TASTE LIKE CHICKEN? FIND OUT HOW EVERY DINOSAUR TASTED!
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  • 02
    SAUROPODS GIANT LONGNECKS LIKE BRACHIOSAURUS WERE SLOW-MOVING PLANT EATERS. EXPERTS SAY THEY'D TASTE LIKE ALLIGATOR OR TURTLE: CHEWY, FATTY, AND FULL OF THICK, RUBBERY MEAT
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  • Well, it is hard to make heads or tails of whether this particular dino would have made a good meal. Especially seeing as the amount of people who actually know what alligator or turtle taste like is rather limited to get a second opinion. So most likely, we would let this guy roam on through the Jurassic plains.

  • 03
    THEROPODS MEAT-EATERS LIKE T. REX AND VELOCIRAPTOR WERE FULL OF MUSCLE. THEY'D TASTE LIKE DUCK OR GOOSE, DARK, RICH MEAT WITH REAL BITE ,
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    HADROSAURS EDMONTOSAURUS AND DUCK-BILLS WERE LIKE THE COWS OF THEIR TIME. THEY PROBABLY TASTED LIKE OSTRICH OR ELK-LEAN, MEATY, AND SURPRISINGLY GOOD.
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  • 05
    ANKYLOSAURS ANKYLOSAURUS HAD ARMOR LIKE A TANK. UNDERNEATH? NOT MUCH MEAT. WHAT'S THERE WOULD BE TOUGH, LIKE EATING THE BACK LEG OF AN OLD IGUANA.
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  • Well, that sounds about as fun as munching on the heel of a shoe. Not all too sure why they decided to make this one, considering that it would not make for a good meal at all. But hey, sometimes it is about knowing what not to eat, eh.

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    CERATOPSIDS TRICERATOPS HAD THICK MUSCLES, ESPECIALLY IN THE NECK. THEIR MEAT MIGHT BE LIKE BISON OR LEAN BEEF STRONG FLAVOR, BUT VERY CHEWY AND DRY.
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    STEGOSAURS STEGOSAURS WERE BIG BUT BULKY. THEIR MEAT LIKELY TASTED LIKE TURTLE OR LIZARD-DRY, DENSE, AND NOT SOMETHING YOU'D WANT ON THE GRILL
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  • 08
    GHOSTBUSTERSAURUS P THE FUNNIEST DINOSAUR NAMES EVER GIVEN BY SCIENTISTS
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  • 09
    SWIPE FOR MORE INFO TECHNOSAURUS SOUNDS LIKE A DJ. WAS ACTUALLY A DINOSAUR. DISCOVERED IN TEXAS, NOT A NIGHTCLUB.
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  • 10
    SWIPE FOR MORE INFO IRRITATOR IT IRRITATED SCIENTISTS SO MUCH THEY LITERALLY NAMED IT AFTER THEIR FRUSTRATION DURING RESEARCH. YES. THAT'S REAL
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  • 11
    SWIPE FOR MORE INFO BANANASAURUS UNOFFICIAL NICKNAME, BUT WIDELY USED. BECAUSE ITS TOE CLAW WAS BANANA- SHAPED. TRUE NAME: BAMBIRAPTOR
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    SWIPE FOR MORE INFO PANTYDRACO SOUNDS MADE UP. BUT PANTYDRACO WAS NAMED AFTER A REAL WELSH TOWN. BLAME THE INTERNET, NOT SCIENCE..
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  • 13
    SWIPE FOR MORE INFO DRACOREX HOGWARTSIA THIS SPIKY DINOSAUR SKULL LOOKED SO MUCH LIKE A DRAGON... THEY NAMED IT AFTER HOGWARTS
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  • 14
    SWIPE FOR MORE INFO GASOSAURUS DISCOVERED NEAR A GAS PLANT, THIS MEDIUM PREDATOR NOW FOREVER SOUNDS LIKE IT RUNS ON BEANS.
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  • 15
    Prehistoric FOST Meet: Gigantopithecus, The real life Bigfoot
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  • 16
    3M (9,84FT) ESTIMATED HEIGHT
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  • 17
    2.6 MILLION TO 200.000 YEARS AGO ESTIMATED PERIOD
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  • 18
    SWIPE FOR MORE INFO P IF YOU LIVED IN THE DINOSAUR AGE YOU'D GROW MUSCLE 20% FASTER
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  • 19
    BUT HOW? OXYGEN WAS MUCH MORE DENSE CELLS REPAIRED AT HIGHER SPEED MUSCLES GREW WITH LESS EFFORT RECOVERY WAS SIMPLY FASTER OVERALL
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