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Ideal for: people who never outgrew their love for
dinosaurs.
Job specifications: Remember the first time you visited a museum, saw the
stuffed animals and artfully constructed skeletons of a woolly mammoth, and
swore to yourself that you’d become a natural history expert? Well there was
one little detail they forgot to tell you in college: those displays didn’t
get to the Smithsonian by Fed Ex. Before you rise to the ranks as head
curator, you have the nasty responsibility of dragging in rotting carcasses
and cleaning them up so they’re fit for public display.
Drawbacks: Ah, the tricks of the trade. Sometimes you boil them (releasing
noxious fumes that can cause lung infections and skin breakouts); sometimes
you stick the stink bomb into a large aquarium and let the maggots pick the
bones clean; other times you close your eyes, roll up your sleeves, and
delicately remove the slime and entrails the way you’d debone a chicken.
Perks: Think of it this way. Carving your Christmas Turkey will feel like
a piece of cake.
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