The DIRTIEST JOBS

Of the 300 jobs he’s tried on air, Rowe shares the roughest of the bunch.

SNAKE RESEARCHER

“To properly study the feeding habits of water snakes in Michigan, snake researchers pull large snakes from Lake Erie, squeeze them until they puke, then analyze their vomit to see what they’re eating. It’s as disgusting as it sounds, but on the day in question, to add to the excitement, I was bitten no less than three dozen times. Annoying, bloody and very dirty.”

COW INSEMINATOR

“The inseminator reaches into the cow and injects the bull semen into the womb. Oftentimes, the cow reacts by emptying its bowels, which typically occurs several inches from the inseminator’s face. Dirty, weird and not for the faint of heart.”

CONCRETE CHIPPER

“Every time the drum on a concrete truck turns, a thin layer of concrete sticks to the walls of the drum and hardens. By the end of the day, the interior of the drum is encased with several tons of hardened concrete, which needs to be jackhammered away. Concrete chippers crawl into the unspeakably claustrophobic environment and slowly chip the concrete away. It’s dusty, dirty, back-breaking work.”

SHARK SUIT TESTER

“The only way to see if a stainless-steel shark suit works is to put one on and jump feet first into a full-on feeding frenzy, to be bitten by a variety of hungry sharks and shook like a tug toy 60 feet below the surface. I did this job for ‘Shark Week,’ against my better judgment, but lived to tell the tale. Not dirty, but straight-up terrifying. I won’t be doing it again. Ever.”