The worst jobs in science?

Ever think you have the worst job?

Take a gander at these worst jobs in science.

A couple of examples:

Job #10: Whale feces researcher.

Job #5: Coursework carcass preparer
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Maybe it's just me, but several of these jobs don't sound that bad.

Except the whale feces researcher.

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I must confess, I am absolutely fascinated by the whale poop research. It never occurred to me that one could find it just floating on the ocean like that. It's kind of like a treasure hunt!!! Only, y'know... grosser.

By Melissa G (not verified) on 24 Jun 2007 #permalink

No fair, catching me on a rainy sunday like that! Must resist... shouldn't make terrible pun... oh, frak; that was a whale lot of poo.

By Torbjörn Lars… (not verified) on 24 Jun 2007 #permalink

Those are only the physically dangerous/icky jobs. How about intellectually daqngerous jobs, such as science advisor to:

1. Bush
2. Cheney
3. Inhofe
4. Exxon/Mobil

etc.; or researcher at:

1. DI
2. AIG

etc.

By natural cynic (not verified) on 24 Jun 2007 #permalink

Does this mean Sykes in "Shark Tale" was wrong when he said that whale poop is at the bottom of ocean?

I suppose you're next going to say that a cartoon isn't the most accurate source of data.

So which of the US's "20-odd" forensic entomologists is the inspiration for the CSI Las Vegas Gil Grissom character?

In one reference book, is a table of Compositions of Animal Milk. Included is tiger milk, now getting into a cage to milk a tiger....