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A Barbary macaque sits on a stone wall on the Rock of Gibraltar. These macaques, native to north Africa, are the only Old World monkeys living wild in Europe.
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Regendans"Gibraltar’s monkeys eat dirt to purge the junk food tourists give them
Macaques ingest clumps of clay to help their digestive system process the sugars, fats, and dairy products from human snacks
In nature, the Barbary macaque has a nearly vegetarian diet based on fruits, tender leaves, roots and an insect here and there. But on the Rock of Gibraltar, they also eat chocolate cookies, ice cream cones, M&M’s and potato chips. The result? A study published in Nature shows that the monkeys are eating dirt to purge the sugars, fats, and dairy products from this junk food tourists give them.
The 200 monkeys of Gibraltar are fed a diet similar to that of other communities in northern Africa by workers from the Gibraltar government. But, though giving them food is prohibited, many visitors to the rock still do so, and frequently. According to this new study, during up to 20% of the time the primates dedicate to eating, they are consuming the food that is either given to them by tourists, or that they steal off unsuspecting humans."
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