Even they could: animals who found a job according to their vocation (30 photos + 2 videos)

It will no longer surprise anyone that animals help people in ordinary everyday life.





Many of the animals have learned a variety of professions, for example, dogs, which serve together with humans in various fields, and sometimes even act as a companion, without which humans are as if without hands, as is the case with guide dogs. But to paraphrase the saying, dogs are not united alone.

It is clear that dogs alone can have a dozen or even more professions; for example, in Brazil there is one profession that is ideal for dogs. On large tennis courts in this country there are special four-legged assistants who fetch balls from the field. Agree, it sounds like a dream job.



But dogs can do more than just run; thanks to their empathy, dogs are often used in therapy. For example, in Orange County, California, therapy dogs are used in court to help victims of violence gain strength and courage to testify against their abusers.





They often work with children, but adults can also benefit from the nonprofit Companions of Courage's services. This organization has several dogs on staff, one of which is a 29-kilogram deaf dog named Karl. Karl's disability does not prevent him from working with children; the dog understands about 90 commands and is popular with his charges. There are other four-legged specialists in the organization who have their own instructors.

Dogs can also be trained to recognize epileptic seizures so that the patient can take action or seek help.



However, not all dogs are capable of this, but the presence of this skill is not affected by pedigree; in specialized centers, trainers teach and develop these instincts in animals thanks to special programs.

The owner of a dog named Colt was able to teach her pet to behave correctly in the event of epileptic seizures in a year and a half. The girl suffered a traumatic brain injury, as a result of which she periodically experiences epileptic attacks.



Dogs can not only anticipate a possible attack, but in general can serve as diagnostic doctors.



There is no official confirmation that dogs or other animals can diagnose any diseases in humans, but there are some studies that confirm that animals, namely dogs, can sense changes in the human body that may be caused by the development of diseases.



For example, in 2011, a study was conducted at Japan's Kyushu University in which a Labrador was able to identify early-stage colon cancer in 37 out of 38 cases from biological samples.



These studies have practical confirmation. For example, an American woman named Stephanie shared the story of how her husky named Sierra diagnosed her with cancer three times. The first time, after her dog behaved suspiciously, the woman went to the doctor and it turned out that she had uterine cancer. Since the disease was at an early stage, the woman felt better after surgery and a course of chemotherapy. But after some time, the disease returned and her dog also warned her about this. A similar story repeated itself one more time, after which Stephanie managed to finally defeat the disease.



And some research suggests dogs can be trained to detect coronavirus. French and Lebanese scientists conducted research, the results of which were published in December last year. Experts have concluded that dogs can recognize coronavirus in 76-100%.



The technology is even already being used, for example, in Helsinki there is a dog training squad that operates at the local airport. Airport staff offer passengers a wet napkin to wipe their face and neck, and then give the napkin to the dog. If the animal smells a suspicious odor, the person is asked to undergo testing.



Dogs are so unique that their talents are used in other areas, not just medicine. For example, in Germany, during the construction of railways, they plan to use dogs so that they can find animals that live near the construction site and they can be moved to a safe place during the construction of railway tracks and fences. Moreover, we are talking not only about large animals, but also lizards, toads, snakes and bats.



And this is not surprising, because dogs have been used by humans for hunting since ancient times, however, now animals are used not to find and kill game, but to save its life.



However, people use the bloodhound properties of dogs not only to track animals, but also to search for minerals.

Finland was the first to think of using dogs in geology; with the help of four-legged friends, they were looking for deposits of sulfide boulders and ores.



Moreover, dogs detect ore bodies by smell both in dry elevated areas and in swampy areas, in dry summer, rainy autumn and winter, when the ground is covered with a 40-50-centimeter layer of snow and the swamps are covered with ice.

For the first time in Frankfurt, a German shepherd named Christa was assigned as an “inspector” to the city gas network. Thanks to their natural sense of smell, dogs can find even the smallest leaks.



These are just a few professions of a person’s “true friends,” of which there can be more than a hundred. Because of the versatility of dogs, people even want to use dogs underwater, naturally, to stay underwater for a long time, certain gadgets and technologies need to be developed, but according to scientists, dogs are ideal land animals that can adapt to breathe underwater. But for now these are just plans and bold theories.

However, not only dogs can help people. In the UK, it is becoming increasingly popular to use ponies rather than dogs as guide dogs. The reason for this choice is a combination of several factors: low cost of maintenance, because oats are cheaper than canned meat and feed; ponies are smarter than dogs and can be taught a greater number of commands that are useful in everyday life for people with disabilities; Well, from a practical point of view, ponies live longer than dogs, so it is easier to train one pony than several dogs.



People have been using ferrets for more than 500 years, the first job of these animals was to protect granaries from rodents, but their finest hour truly came in 1981.



Ferrets were used to prepare a live broadcast of the wedding of Princess Diana and Prince Charles, which took place at Buckingham Palace.



After working as part of a film crew at a royal wedding, NASA turned to the services of ferrets. During the construction of a missile facility in Colorado, a ferret named Misty helped lay 12 meters of cable through a narrow pipe.



75 rabbits from the Netherlands were placed in a tomato field. Since rabbits do not eat tomato tops, they only kill weeds. By the way, by the end of the season there were already more rabbit workers on the Dutch farm.



People have learned to use seals and fur seals as ecologists to study the world's oceans. Scientists are hanging sensors that have helped study the state of the world's oceans, namely the temperature and chemical composition of water.



By the way, seals can be used not only to save the world, but also for military purposes. When Soviet submarines were making noise for NATO armies, the USSR heard that the Americans were training sea animals to commit sabotage, and decided to train seals capable of identifying saboteurs.



It takes a whole year to train a sea animal. The main difficulty is to establish a connection between the animal and its instructor. If the preparation is successful, the “fighter” can patrol the sector, search or examine the bottom.

Military fur seals and seals are equipped with a special harness, a camera and a flashlight, and also have a special buoy that can be used to mark the location of the found object.



Of course, there are also positions that animals receive only in name. In the Japanese city of Kinokawa, due to the crisis, all employees of the railway station had to be fired. The owner of a nearby store was appointed to look after the station. The man left a cat in his place, which eventually attracted attention among tourists.



This is how the railway station became famous and became popular among tourists. In 2007, a homeless cat named Tama received the official position of head of the railway station. In 2012, Tama got a deputy, Nitama. But a few years later, the first cat, the head of the railway station, died of old age and Nitama began to manage the station alone.



At San Francisco International Airport, a small pig is also used as therapy along with dogs.

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A miniature pig named Lilu parades through Aeroflot lounges once a month. The piggy is usually dressed in a variety of cute outfits, which really distracts passengers from waiting and unscheduled flight delays.

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Lilu knows 10 commands, including “Photo!”, after which the pig freezes in a photogenic pose for a selfie with a passenger and just a photo as a souvenir of the departing passengers.



In Dumbarton, Scotland, geese serve as guards at a whiskey distillery. And it’s not surprising, because geese are extremely noisy birds, which, at the sight of strangers, raise a cry and scare away unforgiven guests, because the usual guards arrive at their noise.



By the way, not only geese protect valuables from thieves. In Africa, ostriches act as herding dogs. Three-meter birds can not only make noise, but also cause serious injuries to ill-wishers.



Animals are often used for protection. In addition to ostriches and geese, birds of prey can also be used as protectors. For example, in England, owners of private houses have real eagles. Unlike geese, these birds attack thieves.



And in Las Vegas, in one of the stores, a completely exotic animal serves as a security guard - a real python. There is a table on the door of this store: during the day the animal is harmless and is in an enclosure and is not dangerous to anyone, but if you sneak into the store at night, you risk falling into its powerful arms.

And this is only a small part of the animals that have mastered human professions and cope with them. What animals with unusual professions do you know?