Monkeys at Tourist Destination Ingest Mud to Combat Tummy Issues Caused By Eating Junk Food, Researchers Say

Researchers claim the monkey troops at the Rock of Gibraltar are "self-medicating" by rebalancing their gut microbiomes with ...
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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 ...

Monkeys swarming holiday hotspot are so hooked on Brits’ Haribo & junk food they’re eating SOIL to settle their stomachs

MONKEYS swarming a holiday hotspot are so hooked on junk food given to them by Brits that they’re eating soil to settle their ...

Gibraltar’s monkeys eat mud to fix upset stomachs caused by junk food

Gibraltar's Barbary macaques have been observed practicing geophagy, intentionally eating mud to counteract the effects of ...