A Sheep in Wolves Clothing

I was reading my psych book (no I am not on drug) (but at first I typed I was reading my psych class so maybe I am just crazy)... lol

So anyway in my psych book I am reading about conditioning. Which is associating something with something else that is unrelated due to pain or pleasure. Such as Pavlovs dog. They rang a bell every time he was fed, and pretty soon he started salivating to the bell even when food wasnt present, because he associated the bell with food. (actually I disagree somewhat... yes they TECHNICALLY made the dog salivate to a bell, but really he was still salivating to the food, he just thought the bell ringing meant food was coming)

So anyway in a practical application researchers applied this technique to deter wolves from eating rancher's sheep, without killing the wolves. They laced sheep meat with chemicals that cause nausea. And as a result they developed conditioned aversion to sheep. The funny part is that this worked so well a few of the wolves became afraid OF THE SHEEP! That is hilarious. I think anyway. hehe.