Over & Under Extension
The two most intense signals on a Zoo Insights Report.
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[Production note: This video has a different register than the others. Darcy is still warm, but she's not performing enthusiasm here. She should feel like someone who has sat across from enough reports to know when something is serious.]
[OPEN ON DARCY — still, direct, slightly leaned in]
I want to talk about the two most intense signals on a Zoo Insights Report.
Not the most common. The most intense.
Because when you see these, something more significant is happening than just a behavioral tendency — and if you miss them, you miss the most important part of the story.
[GRAPH VISUAL: Report appears — bars highlighted at the extreme ends]
[Highlight on a bar above 90]
Let's start with over-extension. A score above 90. When a behavioral trait scores this high, it's not just a strong tendency. It's a dominant need.
If a Lion has a Natural score of 94, directness isn't just how they communicate — it's practically how they breathe. At that intensity, the need is running in the background of almost every interaction they have.
That can be a superpower in the right environment. But at maximum intensity, the strength starts to become the thing that gets in the way.
Over-extension isn't a problem to fix. It's a need to understand — and to consciously manage.
[Highlight moves to a bar near zero]
Under-extension is the one I want you to pay particular attention to. Because it's quiet.
A score near zero means a behavioral dimension is essentially offline.
When you see a near-zero score on the Adapted graph — especially in a dimension that sits meaningfully higher on the Natural graph — something has happened. The environment has made that behavior feel too costly to express.
A Lemur with a Natural connection score of 72 and an Adapted connection score of 4 is not an introvert. That's a Lemur who has learned — through experience — that connection isn't safe here.
That is a profound thing to sit across from.
[BACK TO DARCY — quiet, grounded]
Over and under extension aren't just the edges of a graph. They're the places where the framework is telling you: this is where it really matters.
Don't skim past them.
[FADE]