Absolutely. Understood. Agreed.
I earned a zoology degree. Fisheries and aquatic sciences is my forte. I spent a number of years working on fisheries experiments for Alberta Fish & Wildlife, I spent a number of years as a conservation officer for the Alberta government, and I spent some time as a national park warden. Through all that time and travel that I have done, I've been surrounded--not only when I went through university--by scientists, ichthyologists, herpetologists, ornithologists, ecologists, the whole gamut. I was also surrounded in my professional career by professional biologists working for the government. I was also surrounded by professional biologists, and so on, working as consultants, working towards helping out those governments, and of course lots of other people with all that scientific expertise.
Could you tell me how many professional herpetologists or biologists would be able to replace the person in question, who could be brought forward as a potential replacement? I know a half a dozen myself, personally.