It's certainly what the Kay-beckers and the Albertans want. And given how much you hate half the people in Canaduh, I'm surprised you're not right in there pitching with 'em.
Elbridge Gerry was a Boston politician who first "creatively" drew district maps to favor his party in 1813. Elkanah Tisdale, a local artist, drew Gerry's unusual district as a dragon, called a "salamander" in those days. The rest is history.
The science is fine. We now know much more about coked-up salmon.
WHY we want to know about coked-up salmon remains a question. Hmmm. . . maybe I could get a grant to study that?