Because maybe then I’d have experiences like this:

“….I am stealing satalite email time so I gotta go. Last week was
fantastic! Looked into the eyes of a lynx from a few feet away – eye
of the tiger indeed. Later that week helped out with an anaethetized
lynx, gave his fur a good rub and held one of his massive paws in my
hand. I can not explain to you how magnificent these cats are. Yup,
I’ve seen pictures and stuff too – but gawd damn huge – if you had
seen those eyes and the astonishingly large face that surrounds them.
Thinking about him on the way home that day the hair stood up on the
back of my neck….”

Damn.

I’m gonna have to dig around in my filing tub and see if I can find that biology degree. I’m sure I had one.