Narrow minded or am I asking too much?

[wilomn]

It is what it is...

Until you decide it isn't.

And please don't let people who don't understand or see value in research deter you.

Yes, by all means, do not let those who have been keeping and breeding and studying, monitoring, experimenting with, collaborating about, researching for years both in person and by whatever means technology has made available, sway you from this mission of bacterial information made solely for the benefit of those not possessing of the wherewithall to understand its importance. Of a certainty, pay attention to those who have yet to dry their chins of momma's milk, those with such worldly experience, with knowledge not allowed to we who are merely mortal, yes, please, do as they say. After all, if you've been on this planet fifteen or twenty or maybe twenty-five years, surely by then you must know better than those who have managed to survive two or three times that; could it be otherwise? I for one, say nay.

Be pushy and demanding and be sure to BCC hsus and peta, they'll be overjoyed at the work you're doing for them, assuming, of course, that you are not even now in their employ. The world needs to know what bacterias are swimming in the oral cavities of snakes kept by, at best, a few thousand weirdos. There is no point at all in your attempting to research in an area, such as cats or dogs, where such knowledge would not only, if comprehension were possible by the typical keeper, stun, but scare the bejeesus out of the poor unsuspecting poop collectors. Of course that, like this oddly enough, has already been done. But hey, mimicry is the sincerest form of flattery and if you've got a hankerin' to do some flatterin', well, I'm not the one to tell you no. I'm sure your friend with all the worldly experience and the intelligence that makes a poor mongrel like me just look like he couldn't velcro his shoes without pictograms, would agree. Ya know?

So Gosh Bloody Darn It, you just go right on and repeat what's been done and don't give a thought to the possible negative consequences, they won't affect you anyhow and besides, aren't you really, truly, just trying to do your neighbor a favor. And, maybe, get your name out there a bit? It's a shame there aren't more good people like you out there looking out for those of us who just don't understand the importance of your research, or re-research since it's already been done I suppose, but hey, maybe you'll find something new....

I smell fish.