Why is 'mountproto=udp' a default mount option in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6?

Issue

Why is mountproto=udp a default mount.nfs mount option when mounting NFS shares?
Why is my NFS mount initiating connections to the server over UDP instead of using TCP?

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