Which of the following combinations has been used successfully to teach coyotes not to eat livestock?
A)avoidance; self-selection feeding
B)arousal; pain avoidance
C)avoidance; anorexia
D)taste aversion; bait shyness

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Taste aversion refers to conditioning a predator to avoid a certain type of food by making them associate it with negative consequences (e.g. feeling sick). Bait shyness occurs when a predator learns to associate the bait with negative consequences and therefore avoids it. This combination has been successfully used to teach coyotes to avoid livestock as prey.

Which of the Following Combinations Has Been Used Successfully to Teach