3 jobs you'll find in 'Jurassic World' that you can work at today

Once again, to invoke the spirit of Professor John Hammond, “Life will find a way,” as the fourth "Jurassic Park" film comes to theaters.

If you’re like me, whenever you watch a science fiction film like this you ask yourself, “How can I do that in real life?!” Well, cloning dinosaurs is probably a few centuries away but here are a few jobs that do exist that might actually be a step in the direction of creating an actual "Jurassic World."

Paleontologist

No, this isn’t the one that requires a bullwhip and a fedora. Paleontology is the first step in creating an amusement park filled with dinosaurs. The task of the paleontologist is to survey sites with a high probability of containing fossilized dinosaur remains, excavating them and then preparing them for exhibition. And while you might think that the capacity for discovery for a species that died 65 million years ago are limited, as recently as two days ago, a new species was discovered in Wales. Did you know the Western United States is one of the best places in the world to find dinosaur fossils?

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Stem cell researcher

Once you have some experience familiarizing yourself with the skeletal structure of dinosaurs, according to that interactive video Professor Hammond takes us through, the next step is to manipulate their DNA. Now, the likelihood of extracting dinosaur DNA from mosquitoes trapped in fossilized amber is pretty low, but regardless of what approach you take, you’re going to need a background in cloning. Currently, our ability to clone complex organisms is fairly limited, but there are tremendous advancements both politically and technologically in this field of science. Just try not to go rushing to immediately splice Pterodactyl and Tyrannosaur DNA. That seems like trouble.

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National park game warden

Maybe the science aspect of maintaining an amusement park filled with dinosaurs isn’t your thing. Take Chris Pratt’s role in "Jurassic World." In addition to making snarky comments and criticizing every aspect of the park’s operation, he apparently knows how to speak Raptor. How’d he attain that level of outdoorsman prowess? He probably started as a game warden at a park with non-extinct animals.

But what exactly does a game warden do? They’re the last line of defense between man and nature, ensuring that wildlife are protected in the nation’s various national parks and keeping people from getting eaten by them when animals run amok. The requirements vary from state to state, but like most law enforcement jobs they require certain physical requirements and no felony records.

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So there it is. Three different ways to achieve your dream of being a real-life Jurassic World employee.

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