Critter News

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

Their is a proposal to ban testing on apes in the EU. Europe's environment chief plans to ban laboratory tests on mankind's closest relatives -- chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos and orangutans -- in a clampdown on animal testing by the drugs industry and other laboratories. Is this a solution to a problem that doesn't exist?

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Apes Animal Welfare Gorillas Legislation 100

Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Seek third-party sources of information, leverage your internal data, and work to create a comprehensive view of a single group. What does the data say your company can you do for these customers that you cannot do for other groups? Evaluate your data and the power it provides, then get ready to test your theories.

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Groups Industry Experience Experiments 87

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 2, 2018

Seek third-party sources of information, leverage your internal data, and work to create a comprehensive view of a single group. What does the data say your company can you do for these customers that you cannot do for other groups? Evaluate your data and the power it provides, then get ready to test your theories.

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Groups Industry Experience Experiments 72

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2015

Science is fairly well established that yawning can spread like wildfire among groups of humans, as well as a few other mammals. In one experiment, yawns were observed when birds in neighboring cages could see each other, and again when views of adjacent birds were blocked. Click here to go directly to the study.).

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Mammals New York Science Birds 157

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 1, 2017

And failed tests aren’t efforts to be circumvented but embraced, as they ultimately enable curiosity, development, and growth by allowing a company to take risks, drive deeper thinking, and outmaneuver the competition. Why a Company Culture Built Around Tested Failure Succeeds. How to Develop a Culture of Tested Failure.

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Branding Collecting Experience Experiments 74

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 10, 2018

In one case study, a sales group tested an AI-driven sales technology that recommended accounts, contacts and opportunities to pursue, products to focus on during sales calls and messages tailored to buyers. Using AI and CRM can also cut costs by up to 60 percent. How AI Will Change Salespeople’s Lives.

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Science Adoptable Research Humane 127

Critter News

JANUARY 18, 2010

An experiment in which anesthetized pigs were buried alive in snow to learn how humans live or die in avalanches was halted today in Austria after animal-rights groups denounced the research as cruel and useless. The two-week experiment involving 29 pigs began Tuesday in the Western Austrian Alps. From USA Today.

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Pigs Austria Animal Research Animal Rights 100

Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 2, 2018

A person’s life experiences are what really shapes them ? all those moments of winning and losing, experimenting and practicing, of trying and persevering. Those combined experiences made your top biller the fantastic salesperson you work with today. The simple fact is making a copy of your top rep wouldn't work anyway.

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Experience Experiments Groups 82

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Myers, a professional birding guide in “real life,” summarizes the etymology and history of all common bird names (of bird families and groups, not all 10,000-plus species). Although I did test them thoroughly later, I knew from that first sight, this pair was made for me.

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Sri Lanka Malaysia Suriname Malawi 232

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

A sales development representative (SDR) gathers groups of potential customers and whittles them down to qualified candidates. Have your SDR team spend some time each month testing, recording, implementing, and retesting new ideas. If you’re always testing, you’re much less likely to get left behind.

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Research Rights Groups Experiments 77

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2016

Phoebe Snetsinger had that experience while birding East Africa for the first time and seeing as many birds as she did in the US for the previous 50 years.). While the country as a whole has almost 1100 species (it is possible to nail up to 665 of them in three weeks), the area to focus on is the southwest (like in the US).

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Africa Uganda Gorillas Rwanda 134

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

I lean towards the second group. Ok, I had studied the storm-petrels, but these were far and could not get a long-enough view at them to test how well or badly prepared I was. Even after seeing the silhouette of a distant and fast fading Waved Albatros, a bird I wanted see so badly, I was not convinced about the experience.

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Peru Birds Albatross Experience 190

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2018

But our adventurous group, led by Oliver Komar and Yobani A. Alex first led our group to nesting Yellow-tailed Orioles , which made spotting these exquisite but elusive birds gratifyingly easy. We spent two blissful days exploring both the waders and wildlife of Lake Yojoa and the tropical splendor of PANACAM Lodge.

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Honduras Birds Farming America 142

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2014

Adam and Tim are experienced Florida birders with varying degrees of experience when birding the Tropical Rainforests. It was obvious that not only scientists found this attractive; canopy exploration has become popular among ecotourists wishing to experience the forest canopy. Many of these birds were lifers for them.

Peru 188

Peru United Kingdom Birds South Africa 188

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2018

Furthermore, it’s been successfully tested on some of the world’s largest sales forces. We all have a drive to acquire things, status, experiences, rewards, etc., Kurt Nelson, president of the Lantern Group, a sales incentive and communication consultancy, has modified the 4-Drive Model for sales. 1: Acquire and Achieve.

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Psychology Experience Experiments Groups 79

Critter News

MARCH 18, 2010

The Humane Society wants 9 chimps that are not being "used" as part of experiments to be released to a sanctuary. Jeff Rowell, NIRC director, in an e-mail Wednesday} "said the nine remaining animals are being housed as a family group at the center with access to indoor-outdoor caging. Interesting. percent of our DNA.

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Biomedical Research Humane Research Center The Humane Society 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The small group was a good counterpart to the large, convivial ABA Safari group of 98 birders. That’s a lot, and the organizers of the safari did an excellent job of creating an environment that offered small group birding during the day and a birders party every night. Wait, let’s backtrack a bit.

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South Africa Africa Leopards Penguins 254

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 22, 2019

From focus groups to user surveys, marketing turns to the audience to hear firsthand what is resonating and what is not?—?and This type of buyer testing rarely happens in B2B. In business-to-consumer (B2C) industries, brands rarely invest resources in audience engagement without first conducting consumer research.

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Branding Game Industry Research 72

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2019

For long it was assumed that the saplings cannot survive being under water half a year, from spring to August, but recently another theory was tested. Hence, the experiment was created: a plot was fenced off to keep the animals away and now willow saplings did survive being submerged for half a year.

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Greece Pelicans Buffalo Fish 197

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2012

Yet, somehow, that is what I found myself doing on the grounds of Tisza Balneum, the gorgeous hotel on the shore of Lake Tisza in Hungary where Swarovski Optik had decided to unveil to a gathered group of European and American birders the scope for which we had all been waiting, even if we didn’t know we had been.

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Hungary 2013 Game Groups 230

Critter News

JUNE 4, 2009

Researchers can continue most experiments on mankind's closest relatives -- chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans -- after European Union lawmakers watered down proposals to restrict testing. They also called for a feasibility study before agreeing to a ban on capturing wild primates to use in laboratories.

Medical Research 100

Medical Research Medical Research Apes 100

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

It’s no coincidence that the two species that pass Hare’s pointing test also share a profound cross-species bond. But scientists had carried out few studies to test those beliefs–until now. Horowitz and other scientists are now running experiments to determine what a behavior, like a kiss, really means.

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Wolves Fox Dogs Apes 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2017

There is no experience comparable to birding a dump, and, I have to say, I have never experienced a dump like this one. Seeing this giant, awkward yet majestic bird walk through the densely littered landscape was a surreal experience. (4) I saw this Greater Adjutant in Assam, India, where they scavenge in the Guwahati city dump.

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2016 India Ducks Costa Rica 111

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Plasticity in humans is probably modulated primarily through experience and enculturation. Plastic behaviors are not automatically unrelated to natural selection, but the way those behaviors vary across individuals or across groups may not be best explained by underlying genetic differences.

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Birds Research Pets Hunters 123

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2015

Within species, or closely related groups of species, beaks vary by small amounts that result in important adaptive fine tuning, as we see in the Grand’s studies of the Galapagos Finches; Beak related behavior is at the cutting edge of survival for many bird species. Altering the FEZ altered later Wnt responsiveness to the ancestral pattern.

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Alligators Chickens Research Reptiles 217

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

And a very happy Masemas for anyone who observes my son Mason’s birthday (probably not as many as the last group!) About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist. Stop by our blog for some nice shots and share the experience!!

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2011 Deer South Dakota Costa Rica 150

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Pet lovers will be seeing stars November 5 – 15 at the Celebrity Experience and Entertainment Memorabilia Auction , launched online to support Precious Paws , a non-profit animal rescue organization based in Encino, Calif. The organization is committed to its cause, and this fundraiser is critical in helping the group meet its mission.”.

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For Animals Animal Rescue Unwanted 100

Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 20, 2020

Online comments from readers mostly expressed admiration for the five coworkers’ ingenuity, though some disparaged the privilege it exposed of a group of highly paid professionals who were able to escape urban environments that were experiencing high rates of coronavirus cases. Many readers mentioned a disparity in income problem in the U.S.

Medical 54

Medical Psychology Houston New York 54

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

The experience is one of the ornithological highlights in the world. By twos and fours they arrive and scatter in small groups among the canopy to their favorite perches in iron, cecropia and aguaje palm trees. These threats are further exacerbated by the naturally low reproductive rates of these cavity-nesting birds.

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Peru Parrots 2011 Deer 255

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

Solid Air: Invisible Killer- Saving Billions of Birds from Windows is the summation of Dr. Klem’s expertise, experience, and professional life–what we scientifically know about bird and glass collisions, a handbook on how to prevent them, and, not insignificantly, the story of a remarkable career.

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New York City Illinois Science Killing 257

Critter News

JULY 7, 2009

Welfare groups are calling for an urgent public debate on animal testing amid claims millions of creatures are being killed or maimed every year in Australia in the name of science. From the online Sydney Morning Herald.

Medical Research 100

Medical Research Animal Animal Research Medical 100

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 2, 2008

(e) Don’t purchase cosmetics or personal care products that were tested on animals when equally effective cruelty-free products are available. (f) Cruelty-free shopping guides that list companies that don't test their products on animals are available here , here and here. (h) A list of Humane Charities is available here.

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Animal Cruelty Rights Fur Vegan 40

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 31, 2006

(e) Don’t purchase cosmetics or personal care products that were tested on animals when equally effective cruelty-free products are available. (f) Cruelty-free shopping guides that list companies that don't test their products on animals are available here and here. (h) j) Donate only to Humane Charities that don't test on animals.

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2007 Animal Cruelty Rights Animal 40

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2011

These bird songs have two aspects, and I oversimplify but not excessively so: A genetically inherited template, usually specific to the song-producing sex, and a learned song that consists of the template shaped by experience as a developing bird hears the adult version of its own song. The top two are individuals with normal song.

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Zebras Humane Birds Raised 258

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

There is much to enjoy and appreciate here and I only wish I could have tested out some of these species accounts in pelagic waters before writing about them (sadly, the 10,000 Birds pelagic to Antarctica was canceled this year). The value of Harrison’s artwork lies in his decades of experience. .; Houghton Mifflin, U.S.),

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Albatross Penguins Family Groups 279

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2023

Within the species, reactions were stronger by males, by groups of birds rather than individuals, and by captive birds. In science speak, this then results in the following conclusion: “Results from individual subject tests were interpreted as reflecting species-specific approach/avoidance behaviors.

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Pandas Phoenix Science Research 130

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

Do you really need to have Kai’s birding experience further detailed not just by month but a level below? One of the established ways to evaluate self-cognition in animals (including humans) is the mirror test. In the classic test, an animal is anesthetized and then marked on an area of the body the animal cannot normally see.

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Birds Sparrows Mountain Goats Protection 190