Hey SoBros Nation – I was out most of last week for a little rest and recovery. The wife and I took a little trip to Florida to take in some sun before we officially become parents. Speaking of becoming parents….
The title of this blog might have a few guys out there reading in disappointment. No, this article isn’t going to give you the talking points needed to tell your significant other there is scientific evidence that if you play in the mud, your fertility rates are going to increase… I have also never read an article stating that it doesn’t help…maybe use that logic….
Anywho….
How about this Ohio Zoo getting knee deep in it to try and save the polar bear population?
An Ohio zoo has become the repository for the world’s largest collection of polar bear poop as researchers work to create a pregnancy test to aid the survival of this threatened species.
WLWT-TV reports the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens is storing 30,000 samples of fecal matter from the U.S. and Canada. It’s being studied by researchers at the zoo’s Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife.
Scientist Erin Curry says researchers are comparing compounds in fecal matter from females that are pregnant with those that aren’t in the hope of finding specific compounds that will help develop a pregnancy test.
Imagine being the guy working the mail room at the zoo? UPS guy shows up with 30,000 fecal samples? If you work at the mailroom at the zoo, I assume you are used to some weird shit (no pun intended), but this has to be a bad day at the office.
Even worse than the mailroom, imagine being the veterinarian or scientist assigned to this? You go through all your schooling, graduate with various degrees. Everyone thinks you are doing the lord’s work (which you are) but when it boils down to it, you are just testing poop all day? I’m sure the money is great, and someone has to do it, just not for me. Where is “dirty jobs” and Mike Rowe when you need him?
I’m pretty team polar bear so I hope for their sake they figure this out, butt (see what I did there?) their existence relying on a few poop tests doesn’t sound promising.
Just be thankful your week is starting with a different job other than those involved at the Ohio Zoo. Unless you work there, in which case, please wash your hands before you eat lunch…
Stan is the Chief of Debauchery for SoBros Network. A native of the Northeast, he is a diehard fan of the New York Yankees, but no, he does not wear a big gold chain and backwards hat. Nor does he drink Heinekens. Follow on Twitter: @sobrostan.
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