Why do people across the world mostly only eat a few of the same types of meat (like chicken, beef, pork) when there are thousands of other animals to choose from?

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Why do people across the world mostly only eat a few of the same types of meat (like chicken, beef, pork) when there are thousands of other animals to choose from?

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At least in the US its mostly just self perpetuating market cycle. People eat a ton of hamburgers, so lots of cows are farmed, and ground beef is relatively cheap. A meat like mutton is very rarely eaten, as a consequence its very difficult to find and quite expensive. These just largely become feedback loops.