You know you are a comparative physiologist when...

...you receive comments from reviewers stating that your "research is interesting, but what does it have to do with people?" Clearly these reviewers have not been reading this blog or they would know that many of the findings in animals have the potential to benefit humans although some findings really are destined to only benefit the animals they are discovered in...and that is okay. Hey, veterinarians need to make a living too.

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