13 - Charles Darwin & The Glutton Club

04/26/20 • 15 min

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Charles Darwin is one of the most famous men in history. Not as many people know about his penchant for eating almost every animal he studied, from puma to armadillo, tortoise to brown owl. Discover a whole new meaning of the phrase "survival of the fittest".
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