On whales ....

" 'Anyhow,' one of the scientists was saying to another, 'there simply isn't room in the museum's Fishes Hall, so we've decided to pretend to the public that a whale is actually a mammal without any legs. It's patently ridiculous - I mean to say, just look at the thing, it's a gigantic fish if ever you saw one - but mum's the word ! In my experience the public will believe just about anything, so long as you write it down on a little piece of card.' "

The Pirates! In an adventure with scientists. Gideon Defoe.