Vanilla, fake eggs and nausea: How Australian scientists are training foxes to avoid turtle nests
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Australian scientists have developed an innovative behavioral conditioning technique using vanilla, fake eggs, and taste aversion to train foxes to avoid turtle nests, protecting endangered marine turtles from predation.
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