Jarod looked up at Michael. "It's called science," he said patiently. "You dissect something, you draw charts and stuff, and detailed drawings of what it looks like inside, and you write down all the sizes and where what is and so on. Maybe we'll even be the first people in the world to study this kind of animal!"

He nearly added "too bad it's dead", but caught himself just in time.

To Raphael he said: "I've tried ice cubes before. They work for a time, but they still melt and the bodies still stink. I couldn't shower in my hotel room for a week because of the guy in my bathroom."