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.
People’s love of furry animals is having some unexpected effects on the monkeys living in Gibraltar. A study out today shows ...
Gibraltar’s macaques have been observed engaging in geophagy, the consumption of soil and clay, in an apparent attempt to quell their nausea from eating fatty and salty foods offered by tourists ...
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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 ...
The British territory's Barbary macaques are the only wild monkeys in Europe. But many are consuming human snacks high in ...
Scientists have documented an unusual behaviour among these macaques that may help them ward off a bellyache from eating junk ...
We've all been there. You eat a Big Mac or an ice cream cone, and your stomach disagrees with some of the choices you've made. The same can be true for animals. A new study finds one group of junk ...
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