u/Claeszen

Hello everyone! Have you ever checked what age gap there is between the oldest and the youngest ancestor in each generation of your family tree?

Here is my situation:

Grandparents: 10 years (1935-1945)

Great-grandparents: 15 years (1895-1910)

Great-great-grandparents: 35 years (1845-1880)

Great-great-great-grandparents: 39 years (1816-1855)

Great-great-great-great-grandparents: 48 years (1781-1829)

Great-great-great-great-great-grandparents: 55 years (1731-1786)

The last two are likely higher actually, as I don't have a verified birth date for everyone of course. Still, I find it funny how two ancestors who are "generationally" equally distant from me have the same age gap a grandfather and a granddaughter would have.

What about you? How long does it take in your family tree to reach such an age difference?

Hello everyone!

I live in Italy and I have a bachelor's degree in Animal Welfare and Protection, comparable to a vet technician degree. While looking at job offers, I came across companies that were recruiting people to hire as caretakers for lab animals, usually rodents.

I also noticed that sometimes you need to have completed a course in laboratory animal science in order to be considered for this kind of position.

Do you think it is a field worth investing money, time and hope in? The job situation is not the best here and it already made me set - at least momentarily - other interesting fields aside (like zookeeping, job offers are so rare that enrolling in a specialization course to gain knowledge/experience and become "more appealing" doesn't feel worth it), so I was wondering if this could be an alternative opportunity.

If anyone has any advice, especially if it's about Italy or at least Europe, I would be happy to hear it. Thanks in advance!

Ciao a tutti!

Ho una laurea triennale della classe L-38 (scienze zootecniche e tecnologie delle produzioni animali) e, guardando i vari annunci di lavoro, ho visto che ci sono aziende che cercano personale da destinare alla cura e alla gestione quotidiana degli animali (di solito roditori) utilizzati nelle procedure di sperimentazione.

Naturalmente so che si tratta di un ambito su cui ci sono molti dubbi e preoccupazioni eticamente parlando, ma sarei curioso di sapere se qui qualcuno abbia mai lavorato come stabularista e se sia un settore che valga la pena considerare. Avrebbe senso investire in un corso di formazione (espressamente richiesto in alcuni degli annunci)?

Grazie in anticipo!