Macaques have learned to eat soil to avert gut irritation caused by salty and sugary snacks, researchers believe ...
Soil helps monkeys' stomachs settle after calorie-rich snacks from tourists, research suggests.
Gibraltar’s famous macaques have started eating soil, a behaviour linked to their access to tourist snacks, according to a ...
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Gibraltar’s monkeys are eating dirt to cope with junk food
On the limestone cliffs of Gibraltar, Europe’s free-ranging monkeys have developed a taste for the finer things in a ...
Macaques ingest clumps of clay to help their digestive system process the sugars, fats, and dairy products from human snacks ...
Monkeys living on Gibraltar have learned that swallowing soil can quell upset stomachs caused by eating sweet and salty snacks offered or stolen from holidaymakers, research suggests. Snacks such as ...
April 22 (Reuters) – On the tourist-packed Rock of Gibraltar, one of the most common sights is monkeys begging for food – and sometimes stealing sweet and salty snacks from unsuspecting visitors.
Monkeys in a tourism hotspot have learned that swallowing dirt can quell the upset stomachs caused by overconsumption of ...
A Cambridge professor has published a study revealing that primates eat soil to avoid digestive issues linked to junk food ...
Monkeys in Gibraltar have learned to eat soil to settle their stomachs from all the junk food they consume, research suggests ...
Scientists believe macaques in Gibraltar are eating soil to self-medicate after eating junk food and snacks from tourists.
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