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Tourists feed these macaques junk food. Now they eat dirt to cope.

Gibraltar receives over 10 million visitors each year, and many come specifically hoping for an up-close encounter with one ...
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Monkeys 'learn to eat soil to cope with junk food'

Monkeys living on Gibraltar have learned that swallowing soil can quell upset stomachs caused by eating snacks offered or stolen from tourists, research suggests. Food such as chocolate bars, crisps ...
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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 that these monkeys are regularly eating dirt—likely as a way to soothe ...
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Too much junk food from tourists! Monkeys resort to eating dirt as a “stomach remedy”

Monkeys in Gibraltar steal chips, ice cream, and cookies–and then eat dirt. Researchers have now taken a closer look at this unusual behavior. A recent study suggests that the macaques deliberately ...