I used to know this lady who was a retired cheff and now she did wildlife rescue. She would specialise in reptiles, so usually most of her calls were to remove snakes that got into people’s homes. In particular I remember one occasion in which we went bushwalking with our uni course, and she spotted - and handled- a wild python for us to see. That was pretty cool.

I take it I’m the first one to read the title entirely instead of spitting a fun fact. I live and work up in the rocky mountains, and ski patrol tends to be the most interesting people out there. They’re paramedics, but because you can’t just grab a paramedic out of the ambulance roller coaster tycoon style and simply drop them in the middle of the woods on the side of the mountain they’re also some of the best skiers out there. So these are people with both medical and extreme sports training.