Natural Selection?

We are all familiar with the name Charles Darwin,but what you may not know is that Darwin was almost excluded from the HMS Beagle journey. First of all Darwin's father objected on the grounds that the years he would be away would prolong his becoming a clergyman,but his uncle was able to persuade his father otherwise. Then the captain of the voyage nearly rejected him on the basis of the shape of his nose. The captain was convinced that he could judge a man's character by their features,and his nose spoke poorly for Darwin.
As with most scientific types Darwin was a curious man. Ironically his curiosity led him to want to try different foods,among the odd animals he sampled were owls,armadillos,puma,rhea,iguanas and giant tortoises! Gives a whole new meaning to natural selection!