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Pros And Cons Of Being A Marine Biologist

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A deep-sea scuba diver is approaching the bottom of the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia when all of a sudden she sees an Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin swimming on her right. The diver turns around to see a dwarf minke whale on her left. These are just two of the various amazing marine creatures that a marine biologist could encounter whilst simply doing her job. Marine biologists are biologists who study saltwater animals and plant species. Not only are they collecting and analyzing data about marine life, they are raising attention about problems to try to protect the environment (Greenland and Sheldon). However, working in fieldwork can be very physically demanding and marine biologists have to cope with deep-water pressure and walking long distances. Also fieldwork assignments can be very long and last up to weeks at a time (Greenland and Sheldon). Being a marine biologist can be a very unique and amazing experience traveling to rare regions to study marine life, although it can be very dangerous and time consuming. Being a …show more content…

Although there can be certain cons to pursuing marine biology as a profession, there are an abundant amount of pros to living this life. In addition to learning about marine creatures, marine biologists also help develop medicines and find different cures for sicknesses ("What is Marine Biology?”). Marine biologists get to see amazing aquatic places and animals that are very astounding and beautiful. I have wanted to be a marine biologist since I was five years old I never saw myself being anything other then that. After reading five articles and writing this essay, I cannot wait to go to college and become a marine biologist. The ocean takes up 96.5% of the surface of the earth. There are numerous amounts of mysteries that make up the deep-sea and without the help of marine biologists they would all be

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