re: if you could pick one job what would it be?

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I've got biologist friends and they are living the life.

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It's a pretty good option. I spent some time yesterday talking with a biologist who studies the mexican race of Spotted Owls in the mountains of New Mexico and Arizona. When he hikes up to where they nest he carries mice in PVC tubes. He then watches where they fly with the mice to find the nests and see if they have young. After a while they really don't mind him being around and said they get all excited when they see the PVC tubes. The downside is he spends most of his time teaching classes. I get the impression that it's difficult to find work as a pure researcher.