This packet of levity from the Royal Society of Duffers greatly informs our understanding of biology and socio-political structures in the modern post-diluvian world of today.
That's what the grant request they sent to the British Museum says.
They also propose to conduct all future research in a laboratory in a commercial building on the outskirts of London with a staff of five research technicians: two are waiters, one cook and one a bartender.
Sounds legit.