A native dasyurid predator (common planigale, Planigale maculata) rapidly learns to avoid a toxic invader.

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Conditioned taste aversion enhances the survival of an endangered predator imperilled by a toxic invader (2010, background): “Becausewild quollswill consume carrion andbaits (Oakwood 1997; Glen, Gentle & Dickman 2007), wildlife agencies could aerially deploy ‘toad baits’ ahead of the cane toad invasion front, to educate quolls to avoid attacking cane toads before the toads invade (Webb et al. 2008).”
Stemming the tide: progress towards resolving the causes of decline and implementing management responses for the disappearing mammal fauna of northern Australia (2015, background): “Unlike quolls that encounter and attack large, lethal toads, these smaller dasyurids encounter smaller, less toxic toads that provide learning opportunities via conditioned taste aversion (Webb et al. 2008).”