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.
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Monkeys at Tourist Destination Ingest Mud to Combat Tummy Issues Caused By Eating Junk Food, Researchers Say

Barbary macaques living on the Rock of Gibraltar might have found an unorthodox way to combat their stomach troubles. According to a journal article in Scientific Reports, a research team monitoring ...
AOL

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 ...
Scientific American

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

Not content with ruining their own appetite with junk food, tourists in Gibraltar may also be turning the stomachs of the region’s iconic feral macaques. Monkeys in the tourism hotspot have apparently ...
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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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

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

The monkeys sometimes steal food from tourists. Martin Nicourt / Gibraltar Macaques Project Move over, Tums. Monkeys in Gibraltar seem to have found an unusual health hack to deal with upset stomachs.
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Monkey indigestion? Eat dirt

We've all been there. You eat a Big Mac or an ice cream cone, and your stomach disagrees with some of the choices you've made. The same can be true for animals. A new study finds one group of junk ...