
Most common types of meat are Poultry (chicken, turkey, cornish hen), Game (buffalo, ostrich, rabbit, venison, dove, duck, goose, pheasant), Beef, Pork, Veal, and Lamb. Less common examples are meat of turtles, iguana, guinea pigs, emus, maggots, camels, dolphins, cassowaries, dogs, jellyfish, and insects.
White meat or light meat refers to the lighter-colored meat made up of fast-twitch muscle fibers, while red, or dark meat is made up of muscles with fibers that are slow-twitch