Fair point about mammalian research. You also probably get a lot less crying and all the other bodily fluids that come with medicine. Plants are much kinder to their researchers as a general rule, assuming said researchers aren't studying the gympie-gympie or something similar. :)

Our conifer prof is amazing; my only problem is that his voice is so soothing I start to fall asleep in his classes, so I have to bring knitting or something else to keep myself focused. Apparently he takes groups camping over the summers for research, which sounds absolutely hysterical.