What is the difference between an animal behaviorist and a veterinary technician

I do not know how an animal behaviorist relates to medical technology because there r only two definitions of a behaviorist that I am aware of. First, an animal behaviorist is a trained scientist who observes animals in their natural habitat & reports on the mating habits, social structure, maternal & paternal behavior, predator/prey relationships, territorial defense, eating habits etc. The second type of behaviorist is a so-called animal psychologist who tries to correct bad behavior in pets and/or tries to determine why a pet is behavior has changed. Neither involve blood, or really any sort of medical technology. The veterinary technician helps the vet in treating sick animals, & most likely will see blood, especially if the vet performs surgery or cares for traumatic injuries.

You will need a least a Masters degree to become an ethologist. Anyone with a biology degree can be a vet tech. If seeing blood is a problem, then you should not be working with animals.

Animal Behaviorists have their own webiste at:

http://animalbehavior.org/ABS/Guides/Careers.pdf

Info on vet techs is at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterinary_technician

Good luck in choosing - and thanks for your interest in animals.

animal behaviorist, they study the animals and recommend treatments, but they do not do anything medical