Monkeys in Gibraltar find way to keep eating tourist junk food without the upset stomach
Researchers think the behaviour is likely to have been learned socially
Gibraltar monkeys eat soil to digest
- Monkeys learn to swallow soil so they can 'keep eating junk food stolen from tourists' Daily Star —
- Monkeys learn to swallow soil so they can keep eating junk food – research The Standard —
- Monkeys learn to swallow soil so they can keep eating junk food – research The Independent —
- Gibraltar’s monkeys eat mud ‘to avoid upset stomachs from tourist junk food’ The Guardian —
- Monkeys learn to swallow soil so they can keep eating junk food LBC —