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 snacks offered or stolen from tourists, research suggests. Food such as chocolate bars, crisps ...
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 ...
Monkeys living on Gibraltar have developed a unique coping mechanism for their junk food habit: swallowing soil to quell upset stomachs caused by sweet and salty snacks offered or stolen from ...
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 ...
On the limestone cliffs of Gibraltar, Europe’s free-ranging monkeys have developed a taste for the finer things in a tourist’s backpack. From salted peanuts and chocolate bars to M&M’s and melting ice ...
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.