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Mermaid Instructor, Skyscraper Cleaner and Other Unusual Jobs

August 31, 2024

Yes, these are actual jobs. In 2021, hot air balloon company Rainbow Ryders was on the hunt for new balloon crew. In 2019, Maija Mottonen lived out her dream by quitting her teacher job and becoming Finland's first professional mermaid instructor. Imagine hugging bears for a living? It was an actual job up for grabs that the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish hoped to fill in 2023. Inside Edition Digital's Andrea Swindall has more. 

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