How much does a marine mammal trainer earn?

Answer 1

A marine mammal trainer is a person who feeds, trains, and plays with mamels such as dolphins and if you are working with dolphins you teach them tricks like kiss and hug and its really fun and you make $40,000 just starting off being a marine mammal trainer.

Answer 2

A starting trainer normally makes from $18,000 to $20 ,000. A trainer with eight to twelve years of esperience make $25 ,000 to $40 ,000 a year. A starting trainer normally makes from $18,000 to $20 ,000. A trainer with eight to twelve years of esperience make $25 ,000 to $40 ,000 a year.

Answer 3

A marine mammal trainer is like a dolphin trainer at say, seaworld. Not necessarily a dolphin though, maybe whales or seals also. They train them to do tricks, which they perform in front of crowds. To be a marine mammal trainer you have to be a pretty good swimmer, and a good speaker; as you would have to perform in front of large crowds. They test you on both these things, you have to swim 120 yards or something without breathing, and swim the length of their dolphin arena, which can get pretty large. You are also tested by speaking in front of large crowds.

To be accepted as a marine mammal trainer it may help to have previous experience with such animals. It may help to have a degree in the Biology fields, such as marine biologist or wildlife biology, zoologist, however these are not a must, it would just help.

A marine mammal trainer isn't as fun as it sounds though, it is also hard work. You will have to feed them fish, clean the tanks and make their food. Sometimes even have to stay up all night to look after a sick animal.

It is not a highly paid job, so you'll have to have a natural love for the animals, otherwise it's not worth it.

These are all facts I have just gathered online, so they may not all be true. I plan to be a marine mammal trainer, with a degree in wildlife biology so I'm just tryiing to find things out, like you :) :) :) Hope I helped x

Answer 4

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