Why We Never Farm Rabbits Like Chickens ?

Why don't we farm rabbits on the same scale as chickens? A rabbit can be pregnant again within hours of giving birth, yet chickens rule every farm on Earth. The real answer involves your own body, a deadly virus, a 1948 contest and a cartoon rabbit. In this video: Rabbit starvation: why lean meat alone can make you sick How 24 rabbits overran Australia The ancient city that tried farming rabbits The 1948 contest that built the modern chicken Why disease, heat and medicine break rabbit farms Key researchers & sources: Vilhjalmur Stefansson & Dr. Eugene Du Bois, Bellevue meat-diet study (1928) https://gwern.net/doc/biology/1929-li... Bilsborough & Mann (2006), limits of protein intake https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medli... Dr. Andrew Somerville et al. (2016, PLOS ONE), rabbits at Teotihuacan https://journals.plos.org/plosone/art... Evan Irving-Pease & Greger Larson (2018, Oxford), rabbit domestication myth https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29454... Frank Fenner & CSIRO, myxomatosis and calicivirus in Australia https://csiropedia.csiro.au/myxomatos... Chicken of Tomorrow contest (1948), National Geographic https://www.nationalgeographic.com/en... National Chicken Council, broiler growth 1925 to today https://www.nationalchickencouncil.or... Whole Foods ends rabbit meat pilot (2015) https://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Art... Subscribe for more hidden food science. Disclaimer: This video is for education and entertainment only. It is not medical, diet or farming advice. Numbers are rounded, and some claims, like the exact protein limit, are still debated by scientists. #RabbitFarming #ChickenFarming #FoodScience #RabbitMeat #Homesteading #ScienceExplained #Documentary