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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Pretty much any animal that’s widespread and edible and someone will have tried to eat it at some point.

But most animals aren’t domesticated. You can eat crocodile but you can’t farm crocodiles so good luck getting enough crocodile meat to sell it at McDonalds. Also means you’ll have more trouble breeding them. The chickens and pigs and cows we have now have been bred to be as tasty as possible.