I've just been rewatching I Clavdivs (lent to me by the gorgeous rosamicula. I can imagine Livia saying "I had it disected and its liver was tremendously clear."

At least it didn't suffer as much as the Tay whale which went through tremendous indignities in the name of
Science (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay_Whale) and
Art (http://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk/poems/pgwhale.htm).