The British territory's Barbary macaques are the only wild monkeys in Europe. But many are consuming human snacks high in ...
Gibraltar’s macaques have been observed engaging in geophagy, the consumption of soil and clay, in an apparent attempt to ...
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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 ...
Soil helps monkeys' stomachs settle after calorie-rich snacks from tourists, research suggests.
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.
Researchers claim the monkey troops at the Rock of Gibraltar are "self-medicating" by rebalancing their gut microbiomes with ...
Monkeys living on Gibraltar have learned that swallowing soil can quell upset stomachs caused by eating sweet and salty ...
On the tourist-packed Rock of Gibraltar, one of the most common sights is monkeys begging for food - and sometimes stealing ...
People’s love of furry animals is having some unexpected effects on the monkeys living in Gibraltar. A study out today shows ...
MONKEYS swarming a holiday hotspot are so hooked on junk food given to them by Brits that they’re eating soil to settle their ...
Monkeys eating soil to soothe stomachs after consuming too much junk food - Barbary macaques are munching on junk food ...
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