List Of Bad Jobs
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http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/artic...,484153,00.html
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Physician Robert Mayer (1814–1878) conceived the first law of thermodynamics but got no credit because he was unable to express it mathematically. Shattered, he leapt out a window, but survived.
7. FISTULA FEEDER
One method used by veterinarians to study how bovine innards work is to install a hole, called a fistula, into a cow's rumen, the 30-gallon forestomach, where microbes ferment grass. Such rumen fistulae are used for a wide range of bovine digestive research, from testing new feed additives to discovering the roles various enzymes perform in digestion. "There's a plug on the left side of the cow, about six inches around," says Dan Sehnert, animal facility manager at UC Davis. "It's easy. You just take out the plug and reach your hand in." Holey cow!
examples:
Physician Robert Mayer (1814–1878) conceived the first law of thermodynamics but got no credit because he was unable to express it mathematically. Shattered, he leapt out a window, but survived.
7. FISTULA FEEDER
One method used by veterinarians to study how bovine innards work is to install a hole, called a fistula, into a cow's rumen, the 30-gallon forestomach, where microbes ferment grass. Such rumen fistulae are used for a wide range of bovine digestive research, from testing new feed additives to discovering the roles various enzymes perform in digestion. "There's a plug on the left side of the cow, about six inches around," says Dan Sehnert, animal facility manager at UC Davis. "It's easy. You just take out the plug and reach your hand in." Holey cow!
