Especially considering that it may be virtually impossible to do effective research soon...

Agreed. I mean.... it still feels surreal somehow (though a little less every day) and I think I'm surprised at the immediate deluge, but I'm not intellectually surprised that he wants to or is able to do the things he's doing.

Yeah, as someone with an animal behavior background, this was very much the same feeling as I get over ALLLLLLL those pics and vids people post of "adorable"/ grateful/ etc. animals who are actually extremely stressed/shut down/ about to bite someone 😐