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Taste as a tool

AVMA News

Researchers at Hill’s Pet Nutrition and elsewhere have spent decades gathering data about food palatability and investigating why pets have certain taste preferences.

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The Incredulous New Caledonian Crows

10,000 Birds

A number of research projects have sought to determine if some of these human brain abilities are found in other animals. Research to determine the ability to understand the HCA vs. UCA distinction has shown this to be rare as well. During habituation, learning to use the tool to get into this particular box, the crows never gave up.

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Some Ingenuity Can Go a Long Way

10,000 Birds

The use of tool by animals is surprisingly rare. I find fascinating the fact that Egyptian Vultures , New Caledonian Crows and Woodpecker Finches learned to use a tool with tremendous success. Among Woodpecker Finches, young birds quickly learn to use tools by watching how adult birds do it. Woodpecker Finch using a tool.

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The Birds That Audubon Missed: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

It’s also about personal journeys, where knowledge comes from and how it is shared, investigating the past through the lens of history and the lens of informed imagination, learning how to negotiate the grays of our ornithological heritage, and the magic of discovery. I really enjoyed these sections.

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Incentive Program FAQs

Sales and Marketing Management

See Michael Ahearne , PhD’s research on Stars-Cores-Laggards. Stack ranking is not the tool to accomplish weed out the poor performers – what you need to do is manage. However, a large portion of near-quota reps are really trying, but they typically need more of two things: 1. Confidence. Q: Why conduct a post-mortem?

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How Sales Reps Can Stop Worrying and Learn to Love AI

Sales and Marketing Management

Salespeople are typically directed to prospects through cold calling, cold emailing, social media research and other online investigation. AI tools can offer prescriptive sales insights, such as the most lucrative lead/rep combinations, as well as estimated close dates and win likelihood.

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What Is Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)?

SalesFuel

OSINT is the tool you need, serving up insights that inform and empower. With data pouring in from all directions, open source intelligence tools step in to help us separate the noise from the nuggets, forging a path to informed decision-making. Do you want to stay one step ahead of cyber threats and crush your business goals?