Scientific American

These monkeys are literally eating dirt to help digest human junk food

Gibraltar’s macaques have been observed engaging in geophagy, the consumption of soil and clay, in an apparent attempt to ...

Scientists Figured Out Why These Monkeys Eat Dirt. The Key Is Tourists

People’s love of furry animals is having some unexpected effects on the monkeys living in Gibraltar. A study out today shows ...

Gibraltar's monkeys find a clever way to avoid a junk food bellyache

Researchers said the monkeys have been observed eating soil more frequently, a behavior they said may help the macaques avoid ...

Monkeys in Gibraltar self-medicate with soil to help them digest tourists' junk food

Monkeys in a tourism hotspot have learned that swallowing dirt can quell the upset stomachs caused by overconsumption of ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Gibraltar’s Famous Monkeys Are Eating Dirt, Likely to Alleviate Stomach Aches From Munching on Tourists’ Junk Food

The British territory's Barbary macaques are the only wild monkeys in Europe. But many are consuming human snacks high in ...

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 ...
ZME Science

Gibraltar’s Monkeys Are Eating Dirt to Cope With Junk Food

Gibraltar's macaques are eating soil to soothe stomachs upset by tourist-supplied junk food.

Monkeys eating soil to soothe stomachs after consuming too much junk food

Barbary macaques are munching on junk food ‘extremely rich in calories, sugar, salt and dairy’, say researchers ...

Monkey indigestion? Eat dirt

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 learn to swallow soil so they can keep eating junk food – research

Monkeys living on Gibraltar have learned that swallowing soil can quell upset stomachs caused by eating sweet and salty ...
E&E

Feds reject bid to protect macaques used in biomed research

Endangered Species Act protections aren’t warranted for the long-tailed macaque and the southern pig-tailed macaque, the Fish and Wildlife Service said. The Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday ...
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Gibraltar's macaques eat dirt to counter tourist junk food

Researchers in Gibraltar have documented Barbary macaques deliberately eating soil to ease digestive distress caused by high tourist-fed junk food consumption. The behavior, known as geophagy, acts as ...