John Darwin and his wife Anne were convicted of insurance fraud in 2008 over the faking of his death.

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The giant tortoises, mockingbirds and finches varied from island to island, and this became clearer to Darwin after London Zoo's bird expert John Gould analysed his finches in January 1837.

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