totally believe it.
Once we went out to dinner at a restaurant in a rural town where our factory was. Before going, they asked if mutton was ok to eat. I said, "sure". When we got there, they served soup that had tubes, maybe 1/2" in diameter and an inch long. I said there's only one part of mutton that looks like that, and I'm not eating that. That led to a big discussion about what Chinese eat and Americans wont. Dog? no. horse? no. cow? yes. Squirrel? some people do, but not me. Same for rabbit. Pigeon? no. Donkey? no. "you no eat donkey? what donkey for then?"