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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Animal Behaviorist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #240 of 702. Estimated risk: 30.0%

Directly assessed by researchers as unlikely to be automatable
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AI Exposure Risk

51%

“Animal Behaviorist” will maybe be replaced by AI.

Based on the cognitive demands, communication requirements, and logical reasoning intrinsic to this occupation according to O*NET data, we project a 51% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

41%

“Animal Behaviorist” will probably not be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 41% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Study the origins, behavior, diseases, genetics, and life processes of animals and wildlife. May specialize in wildlife research and management. May collect and analyze biological data to determine the environmental effects of present and potential use of land and water habitats.

Avg. Annual Salary $77,920
Avg. Hourly Wage $37.46
Available Jobs (US) 16,920
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists #19-1023
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Check for, and ensure compliance with, environmental laws, and notify law enforcement when violations are identified.

  • Perform administrative duties, such as fundraising, public relations, budgeting, and supervision of zoo staff.

  • Prepare collections of preserved specimens or microscopic slides for species identification and study of development or disease.

  • Coordinate preventive programs to control the outbreak of wildlife diseases.

  • Collect and dissect animal specimens and examine specimens under microscope.

  • Inform and respond to public regarding wildlife and conservation issues, such as plant identification, hunting ordinances, and nuisance wildlife.

  • Analyze characteristics of animals to identify and classify them.

  • Inventory or estimate plant and wildlife populations.

  • Disseminate information by writing reports and scientific papers or journal articles, and by making presentations and giving talks for schools, clubs, interest groups and park interpretive programs.

  • Organize and conduct experimental studies with live animals in controlled or natural surroundings.

  • Study animals in their natural habitats, assessing effects of environment and industry on animals, interpreting findings and recommending alternative operating conditions for industry.

  • Study characteristics of animals, such as origin, interrelationships, classification, life histories, diseases, development, genetics, and distribution.

  • Conduct literature reviews.

  • Develop, or make recommendations on, management systems and plans for wildlife populations and habitat, consulting with stakeholders and the public at large to explore options.

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  • Dissecting tools
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  • Four wheel drive 4WD vehicles
  • Snowmobiles
  • Climbing belts
  • Calorimeters
  • Gill nets
  • Dissecting microscopes
  • Laboratory funnels
  • Ekman dredges
  • 35 millimeter cameras
  • Volumeters
  • Animal traps
  • Hard hats
  • Leather gloves
  • Canoes
  • Digital cameras
  • Animal transmitters
  • Seines
  • Geodetic ground global positioning system GPS receivers
  • Vernier calipers
  • Secchi disks
  • Metric measuring tapes
  • Fish traps
  • Sterilizing ovens
  • Folsom plankton splitters
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  • Jet skis
  • pH meters
  • Desktop computers
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  • Hand lenses
  • Mist nets
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  • Laboratory beakers
  • Compasses
  • Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
  • Binoculars
  • Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus SCUBA equipment
  • Culvert traps
  • Laser hypsometers
  • Benthic samplers
  • All terrain vehicles ATV
  • Monopan balances
  • Flow meters
  • Specimen collection containers
  • Aerial nets
  • Sweeping nets
  • Small power boats
  • Spring scales
  • Conductivity meters
  • Laser printers
  • Field thermometers
  • Fume hoods
  • Dust masks
  • Laboratory freezers
  • Notebook computers
  • Egg candlers
  • Foot snares
  • Dart guns
  • Photomicroscopes
  • D-ring nets
  • Water thermometers
  • Dropping pipettes
  • Salinity meters
  • Stainless steel scalpel blades
  • Water pumps
  • Dataloggers
  • Sieve buckets
  • Spectrometers
  • Compound microscopes
  • Portable refractometers
  • Spotting scopes
  • Safety glasses
  • Mesh sieves
  • Tree top peeper and video probe systems
  • Nitrile gloves
  • Water sample collection containers
  • Bongo nets
  • Steam autoclaves
  • Benchtop centrifuges
  • Laboratory balances
  • Multiplate samplers
  • Petri dishes
  • Rubber rafts
  • Air compressors
  • Jellyfish scoops
  • Dissolved oxygen meters
  • Adjustable widemouth pliers
  • Sledgehammers
  • Odonata nets
  • Water samplers
  • Dip net samplers
  • Compound binocular light microscopes
  • Tree corers
  • Laboratory forceps
  • Counting chambers
  • Axes
  • Personal computers
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  • Rulers
  • Boat trailers
  • Snorkels
  • Micrometers

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