Jobs
There are a number of jobs that deal with caring for, working with, or helping mammals. Every job has a different goal in mind. Including saving mammals, learning from them, or figuring out ways to use their full potential. Some examples are Veterinarians and trainers, but I’d like to focus on zoology.
Being a zoologist means you study animals, whether it is animal behaviors or their anatomy. People become zoologists for many reasons, but a huge reason for most is the caring factor. They care about the animals they are studying and are interested in helping them or learning about them. Zoologists work with animals big and small, vicious and sweet, cute and creepy. To them, they are all interesting and useful. These scientists question something and then conduct experiments to find answers for them, kind of like in high school chemistry classes. Every answer they find helps them learn or maybe even discover something new we didn’t already know.
“Only if we understand can we care. Only if we care will we help. Only if we help shall they be saved.” (Jane Goodall) This quote is from a famous zoologist Jane Goodall who spent many years of her life studying monkeys to find answers to her questions. This quote basically sums up why I think people study animals and why we should study them. These jobs are extremely important to how we live and our future. We have learned so much since people have had the desire to educate themselves.
If someone would like to become a zoologist, the main requirement would be to love animals. Then they would need to take as many science classes, such as biology, as possible. Another important step is finding a college where someone could major in zoology, such as Cornell University or Michigan State. A person who wants to become a zoologist also would be helpful to earn an honors in zoology and then go on to post graduate studies to become more than just an assistant.
Although these jobs take a lot of commitment and work they are important. These scientists have saved our mammals when they were sick and have found answers to troubling questions. What would we do with out these devoted individuals?
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