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What is it like to be a biologist?

When I tell people I am a biologist, I sometimes get raised eyebrows: “Oh? Wow! But you do not look like a biologist to me!” I can only imagine that in the minds of some people a biologist looks like this goofy person that is wearing a safari hat and wellies all the time. A person that runs around with an insect net and a magnifying glass deep in the forest to observe the tiniest of bugs. Or a person that is producing animal-like sounds during twilight in an attempt to attract some rare, understudied creature, only to observe and study it using waterproof binoculars and a pocketsize, forever outdated, worn-out field guide... Am I getting close?

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