During his studies here Darwin was the president of the University’s “Glutton Club,” whose main objective was to find “strange flesh” to eat as well as the “birds and beasts which were before unknown to the human palette.”⁠ The Christ’s College website summarizes Darwin’s days at University by saying this:⁠ “Although Darwin eventually did quite well in his final exams, most of his three years was spent eating exotic meats with his Glutton Club, drinking a bit too much, riding his horse, and of course collecting beetles.”⁠ ⁠ The Glutton Club was a huge success, with many enlistees wanting to taste the flavors of faraway meats, but it all came crashing down with a rather disappointing and stringy brown owl.⁠ Much to Darwin’s dismay, the gastronomic society’s members chose to focus instead “upon the effects of the port accompanying their meat” rather than the exotic meats themselves.⁠ ⁠ _____⁠ ⁠ But luckily for the “Father of Evolution,” his culinary conquests didn’t end with the Glutton ...