"They wiped the blood from their helmets. The monster lay a hill of solid flesh. Within you could hear the sighs and murmurs as the furthest chambers died, the organs malfunctioning, liquids running a final instant from pocket to sack to spleen everything shutting off, closing up forever..." 

Mr Eccles takes a safari in to the past. The time travel company guarantees they can take him to any year to hunt any animal but as to whether he comes back alive that's all part of the lure of the hunt...