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Monkeys eat soil to digest junk food from tourists
A monkey holding an ice cream or a bag of chips may sound like a cartoon scene. In Gibraltar, it is a common sight.
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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 in Gibraltar are eating soil to soothe their stomachs because their diets now consist mainly of junk food left behind by tourists, according to a new study. Barbary macaques, the only wild ...
Barbary macaques living on the Rock of Gibraltar might have found an unorthodox way to combat their stomach troubles. According to a journal article in Scientific Reports, a research team monitoring ...
Scientists have documented an unusual behaviour among these macaques that may help them ward off a bellyache from eating junk ...
Gibraltar's monkeys "self-medicate" to help them digest tourists' junk food, reveals new research. Troops of macaques living on the Mediterranean holiday hotspot have learned that swallowing soil can ...
Macaques living near the Rock of Gibraltar eat a lot of tourists' food. A new study suggests the monkeys have learned to eat dirt to settle their stomachs.
Monkeys in Gibraltar have learned to eat soil to settle their stomachs from all the junk food they consume, research suggests ...
A Cambridge professor has published a study revealing that primates eat soil to avoid digestive issues linked to junk food ...
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