Cambridge Study Finds Monkeys 'Eat Soil to Cope with Junk Food'

Monkeys eating soil to 'settle upset stomachs from junk food'

Monkeys in Gibraltar have learned to eat soil to settle their stomachs from all the junk food they consume, research suggests.

Cambridge study finds monkeys 'eat soil to cope with junk food'

Soil helps monkeys' stomachs settle after calorie-rich snacks from tourists, research suggests.

Gibraltar’s monkeys eat mud ‘to avoid upset stomachs from tourist junk food’

Macaques have learned to eat soil to avert gut irritation caused by salty and sugary snacks, researchers believeTroops of monkeys living on the Rock of Gibraltar have learned to eat soil in what scientists believe is an effort to settle their stomachs after all the junk food they receive – and sometimes steal – from crowds of tourists.Researchers spotted the intentional mud eating, known as geophagy, while observing groups of Barbary macaques in…

Former glamour model given license to keep TWELVE monkeys on Essex farm

Ex-glamour model Jodie Marsh has been given a licence to keep monkeys on her Essex farm after a legal battle.