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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It’s all to do with cost, the ability to control the animal, and how easy they are to reproduce. Placid and cheaply fed animals were chosen because they’re easy to mass produce. Trying to breed porcupines to eat for example is a bloody nightmare