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Provocation principle

Lessons from Snowy Egret

Stir the shallows.

Yellow-Foot Stirring

Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) featured animal image on AnimalDex

Core lesson

Sometimes opportunity appears because you disturb the water on purpose.

Biological basis

Snowy Egrets often use their bright yellow feet to stir shallow water or mud, flushing small fish and invertebrates that they then catch with quick strikes.

Best use cases

Where this lesson tends to be most useful in practice.

Opportunity creationTactical actionExperimentationTimingMaking hidden things move

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