In an effort to help save an endangered Australian marsupial called the northern quoll, researchers paired a nausea-inducing drug along with parts of the toxic toads the quolls often eat. In this application of a phenomenon called _____, the toxic toads are a(n) _____.

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This scenario is an example of conditioned taste aversion, where the nausea-inducing drug serves as the unconditioned stimulus (US) and the toxic toads serve as the conditioned stimulus (CS). The goal is to condition the quolls to avoid the taste of the toads, ultimately leading to increased survival rates for the species.

In an Effort to Help Save an Endangered Australian Marsupial