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Anytime you hear a republican complain about spending research money on some seemingly silly thing remember this research. A lot of research sounds weird and pointless from the outside, but you don't know what it might build up to.
Lizard research is also how we got Ozempic.
https://globalnews.ca/news/9793403/ozempic-canada-scientist-venomous-lizard-weight-loss/
They also complain about researching perfectly normal-sounding stuff and then turn around and want to fund something that sounds fucking stupid, just because it aligns with their bigotry.