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Florida Looking for a Few Good Croc Handlers

Gregory "Greg" Smith via Flickr

In the United States, the only place you’ll find an American crocodile in the wild is South Florida. It used to be an endangered species, but not anymore. Now people here are running into them more and more. Too much, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. And that’s why the agency is looking for people to serve as response agents to handle nuisance crocodile complaints.

The job involves responding to complaint calls, retrieving crocodile carcasses and capturing and relocating the animals when necessary.

It’s a part-time position and pays $25 an hour, but candidates who land the jobs will need to be extra careful when capturing those crocs – there’s no health insurance.