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Crap i had a thread on some job where u lived in austrailia and planned the commercials or whtever by takin pics of the coral reeves and other cool stuff i think it wld be a good job! but my major thghts hae been k-9 officer, a sports doctor, or DEA or FBI or regular police officer
I would differ a bit... it actually depends on the aquarium. I know some places here where a lot is done my volunteers but there are a lot of places who also have a full staff of aquarist (of course you don't need that many to run most places so its limitied) that do everything including animal interactions/husbandry etc. it really depends on where you go. I would say for aquarium the vast majority of aquarists are marine biology majors, the others vary between Biology/Zoology. If you went into animal training type of field most range between Marine/Zoo/Bio and Psych being the major one. Really any of those degrees can get you somewhere.. but you have to "get your foot in the door".
There is a reason I chose Marine as my concentration and not my full degree. If you can get into the right places you can have good oppurtunities but it is EXTREMELY competetive .... everybody and there mom wants to do it... (if you can't tell by this thread) so you have to have a back-up plan.
There is a reason I chose Marine as my concentration and not my full degree. If you can get into the right places you can have good oppurtunities but it is EXTREMELY competetive .... everybody and there mom wants to do it... (if you can't tell by this thread) so you have to have a back-up plan.
depends one what I would want to do...
Aquarist
Animal Training
Research
Rehabilitation and Rescue
Wildlife stock and fisheries (and management)
Mariculture (prob. perfer something more aquaculture related though)
Veternary (if you went far enough in school to become a vet)
Teacher
Those are some basic ideas of what you could do....
Aquarist
Animal Training
Research
Rehabilitation and Rescue
Wildlife stock and fisheries (and management)
Mariculture (prob. perfer something more aquaculture related though)
Veternary (if you went far enough in school to become a vet)
Teacher
Those are some basic ideas of what you could do....
Our marine laboratory has a full-time aquarist. He worked at a zoo before we hired him. There are paid aquarists at every aquarium, as well as curators. The only problem is that it can be hard to make a living as an aquarist.
As for wildlife rehabilitation, the jobs are severely limited. A number of my fellow students work with rehabilitated sea turtles at Mote Marine Laboratory, but they receive no pay. They also do manatee and dolphin training for free.
"Research" is probably the most promising field of work. First of all, you can do research in whatever aspect of biology you are interested in. For instance, you can do fish neurobiology, or endocrinology in shrimp, or even go fishing to study the populations of sharks! It allows you to hone your interest and become the expert in one area.
You could also become a laboratory technician. That's pretty cool. You mix chemicals, perform surgical procedures, and do lots of microscopy. However you work for a scientist.
As for wildlife rehabilitation, the jobs are severely limited. A number of my fellow students work with rehabilitated sea turtles at Mote Marine Laboratory, but they receive no pay. They also do manatee and dolphin training for free.
"Research" is probably the most promising field of work. First of all, you can do research in whatever aspect of biology you are interested in. For instance, you can do fish neurobiology, or endocrinology in shrimp, or even go fishing to study the populations of sharks! It allows you to hone your interest and become the expert in one area.
You could also become a laboratory technician. That's pretty cool. You mix chemicals, perform surgical procedures, and do lots of microscopy. However you work for a scientist.
Pomatomus;3790214; said:
I applied for a similar position about 8 years ago. They wanted a masters degree and at least 7 years experience. I had that and applied, thought it sounded like a dream job. When they told me the salary and hours I withdrew my application. $24k a year and my work week was Wed-Sunday. I would have Mon/Tues off and have to work the weekends. I made $24k a year as a waitress while in undergrad. No thanks.
