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Wed Jun 13, 2012, 04:24 AM

 

Help Wanted: Crocodile Handlers, No Experience Needed. -- $25/hr

Looking for a job with a little adventure to it? Florida conservation officials are recruiting "crocodile response agents" to help corral the wayward reptiles. No experience required.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is planning to hire two to four more part-time agents — there is currently just one — to respond to calls when crocodiles stray onto human turf in the Florida Keys, the string of wetland islands at the southern tip of the state.

Crocodile response agents "assist in handling human-American Crocodile conflicts," wrote Carli Segelson, spokesperson for the Florida commission’s south region, in an email response to msnbc.com questions. "Their duties include, site visits, captures, translocations, carcass recoveries, other duties as needed."
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/12/12170703-wanted-crocodile-handlers-no-experience-required

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Reply Help Wanted: Crocodile Handlers, No Experience Needed. -- $25/hr (Original post)
AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 OP
longship Jun 2012 #1
dipsydoodle Jun 2012 #2
SwissTony Jun 2012 #5
dipsydoodle Jun 2012 #7
DCKit Jun 2012 #3
Nostradammit Jun 2012 #4
liberal N proud Jun 2012 #6

Response to AnotherMcIntosh (Original post)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 04:27 AM

1. What a beauty!!

Homage to the Croc Hunter.

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Response to AnotherMcIntosh (Original post)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 04:28 AM

2. No experience required....lol

"I'll have a crocodile sandwich and make it snappy"

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Response to dipsydoodle (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 06:58 AM

5. Everybody starts off with no experience!!!

But it's probably not a job you can ease into.

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Response to SwissTony (Reply #5)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 07:04 AM

7. Everybody starts off

with all their fingers and toes too.

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Response to AnotherMcIntosh (Original post)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 05:30 AM

3. Feed costs went through the roof so..... nt

 

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Response to AnotherMcIntosh (Original post)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 05:41 AM

4. As the #2 guy in Al Queda

this gig actually looks pretty good to me.

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Response to AnotherMcIntosh (Original post)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 07:01 AM

6. There is only one way to get experience handling Crocodiles

And that either becomes a leaning experience or career ender.

I prefer to watch them from a safe distance myself.

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