The Unusual Career of Teaching Whooping Cranes to Migrate
To help re-establish the migratory flyway for whooping cranes in the eastern United States, conservationists developed a unique method to guide captive-bred chicks. Because the birds lacked wild adults to teach them the route south, pilots began flying open-cockpit ultralight aircraft while wearing specialized hooded crane costumes. By acting as surrogate migratory parents, these pilots lead the young birds along the correct path. This highly niche conservation effort highlights the lengths to which scientists go to protect endangered species, proving that some of the most important jobs in the world are rarely mentioned during standard career guidance counseling.
The neighborhood next to mine has ponds with koi fish and pretty shiny ducks. They employ goose busters that come 3 times a week to collect geese or geese eggs to relocate them (you are not allowed to kill them). So, the job is goose buster. Only if I knew that job existed when I
He is a pilot.... and likes birds... there isnt really a career in crane hooked people serving as surrogate migratory parents for birds. There are odd assignments everywhere but they need such a niche of person that its individual based. Want to be able to do such things more is
That's because many of these jobs are government-funded nonsense organizations that are "non-profits." We're all paying for them, but you have to know someone who has connections to politicians. This is some of the stupidity that is in our budgets, where it's like you can get fun
Oh, so that's what "crane operator" was.
did it work?
Are they hiring?
So when in my frustration i told my boss to "fly to warmer climate" (its a mild insult in hungarian), i just wished him to be a cranetrainer?
Reminded me of.. A professional in an ape costume is still a professional
"Jack, where the fuck are we going?" "I dunno Paul. I'm just following the huge retard who makes constant noise. That guy looks like he knows his stuff."
Step 1: Become a pilot. Step 2: Know the right people. Step 3: Be in the right place for that opportunity.