Animals in the wild tend to eat a balanced diet because they
A) have an innate preference for all foods that contain critical toxins.
B) have an innate preference for the taste of all critical vitamins and minerals.
C) learn to prefer the tastes of all of the vitamins and minerals that are good for them.
D) recognize the tastes of all of the vitamins and minerals that were in their mother's milk.
E) none of the above
Question 2
Animals learn to
A) prefer the tastes of key vitamins and minerals in their food.
B) prefer tastes that have been followed by an infusion of calories.
C) avoid tastes that have been followed by gastrointestinal illness.
D) all of the above
E) both B and C
Consequences of normal and inadequate iodine in the diet.
lion cubs in the wild, South Africa
European wildcat feeding its kittens, as illustrated in Brehm's Life of Animals
Consuming a Healthy Diet
Innate Defenses
General mechanism of egg formation in animals