I've often wondered about that myself.
You think it tastes more like beef or pork?
One such cookbook, Gran Libro de la Cocina Colombiana, says the fleshy, flippered "sea cows" boast four types of meat -- alternately similar to pork, beef, fish and tortoise -- and recommends that all of them be deep fried.
Pork, beef, fish and tortoise--Thats a swimming smorgasboard. No wonder its endangered.