Eli5: Is there any particular reason on why we mostly eat cow/chicken meat instead of other animals? Are these healthier or is there another reason?

Question

Eli5: Is there any particular reason on why we mostly eat cow/chicken meat instead of other animals? Are these healthier or is there another reason?

In: Biology

Answer 1

They aren’t terribly dangerous. They’re easy to feed. There aren’t *too* many diseases that we can catch from them or give to them. They’re comfortable in the same climates that humans like. They’re fairly dumb, so they don’t escape much and we mostly don’t get wracked with guilt about slaughtering them.

I think that’s most of it…?