Bizarre Victorian fact of the day…

equivoque:

vicfangirlguide:

When he was at Cambridge University Charles Darwin was a member of the ‘Glutton Club’. The club’s sole activity was eating animals not found in everyday cuisine - hawks and owls were regularly on the menu. On his scientific expeditions Darwin carried on this tradition eating a wide selection of exotic animals including armadillos, iguanas and giant tortoises.

Ugh.

There’s something very strange to me, about eating animals such as hawks and owls… something… wrong.

  1. myinnergentlemanwearstights reblogged this from victorianfanguide and added:
    I believe similar clubs exist nowadays for people who seek thrills—with their food!
  2. shadowy-antiquarian reblogged this from equivoque and added:
    There’s something very strange to me, about eating animals such as hawks and owls… something… wrong.
  3. raebyrd reblogged this from victorianfanguide
  4. the-lucky-ducky reblogged this from 19thcentury and added:
    Reminds me of the story “Sunbird” by Neil Gaiman.
  5. equivoque reblogged this from 19thcentury and added:
    Ugh.
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