A day in the life of an Ecologist?

Question

What is a day life for them and what do they do and how much money do they make?

Answer 1

An ecologist is someone who studies the interaction of organisms and their environment. Many people confuse this with being an environmentalist.

There is no typical day. I have lectured. I have gotten up at 2:30 AM to count salmon. I have waded barefoot thru marshes to find bog turtles. I often spend hours at the computer doing computations and writing reports and position papers. I have spent endless hours at boring meetings. I have been out during downpours retrieving turtle traps. I have also built and repaired those traps. I have picked up scratches, lacerations, poison ivy, tick bites, and a couple of cases of bacillary dysentary.

Money varies with the position, the project, and how much education and experience you have. You don't go into the field because you want money. You do it because you can't imagine doing anything else. I will give you one hint. If you have to ask what I charge, you can't afford me. This is not true of beginners with no experience and only a bachelor's degree.

Answer 2

6am......Wakes up.

630am..Looks at coffee

7am......Smells  coffee

730am..Sips coffee

8am....Reheats coffee

9am....Write about cold coffee on website and how it is bad for the environment.

930am..Leave house and go down to coffee shop.

10am....Buys the same coffee but only for $5.00.

10:05.....Repeat same routine as at home.

11:00am.....Goes to bathroom and Tossles hair......

12pm.......Hands out pamphelets on how the sky is falling.

1230pm....Get chided by person on street that the pamphelets are taking more trees away from us.

1pm......Smokes clove cigarette

2pm......Goes to Co-op to buy meely fruit at an escalated price but feels good about doing it.

3pm......Writes to pen pal in rain forrest.

4pm......Sends umbrella to pen pal in rain forrest at the UPS store.

5pm.......Stops buy the hemp shop to pick something drab up for upcoming fundraiser......."Wants to look their worst"

6pm.......Skips dinner to primp dreads.

7pm.......Goes into backyard and relieves self on organic garden.

8pm.......Harvests from same garden to make an endive salad garnished with seaweed from Trader Joes.

9pm.......Watches sunset and dances like at a grateful dead concert

10pm.....Smokes the hemp bought earlier.

11pm.....Howls at the moon.

12am.....Praises Mother Nature for another full day.

1am.......Trades s*x for heroin or meth.

2am.......Feels remorseful Decides to plan weekend rally..... Spend the next two hours trying to find calendar.

4am......Gives up and creates new holistic calendar.

5am.......Goes downtown to get a head start on nothing.