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Junk Food, Tourist attraction and Monkeys in Gibraltar

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 have been observed eating mud, which researchers believe is done to ease stomach issues caused by consuming tourists' junk food

Scientific American · 2d

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

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN · 14h

Gibraltar's famous monkeys are eating dirt, likely to alleviate stomach aches from munching on tourists' junk food

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Monkeys 'learn to eat soil to cope with junk food'

Macaques on Gibraltar eat tourist food rich in sugar, salt and dairy Monkeys living on Gibraltar have learned that swallowing soil can quell upset stomachs caused by eating snacks offered or stolen fr...

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Gibraltar's monkey's eat mud 'to soothe upset stomachs from tourist junk food'

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Gibraltar macaques are self-medicating with dirt to help them digest human. junk food

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Monkeys eating soil to settle upset stomachs from junk food, says research

The researchers think the behaviour is likely to have been learned socially as different troops of monkeys have preferences for certain types of soil.

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Gibraltar’s monkeys have found a clever way to avoid a junk food bellyache – eating soil

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Monkeys in Gibraltar find way to keep eating tourist junk food without the upset stomach

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 their stomachs from all the junk food they’re getting via human tourists.

The Print on MSN

Monkey see, monkey eat dirt—the social science behind primate 'self-medication'

A Cambridge study reveals macaques are turning to 'geophagy' to settle digestive issues caused by junk foods.

Forbes

TikTokers Claim Eating Dirt Has Health Benefits. Here Are The Problems

Will this latest TikTok trend make you soil yourself? Some TikTokers are now telling you to eat dirt. Yes, dirt, as in the stuff that’s on the ground. Or rather the ground itself. They’re claiming that eating dirt can have all kinds of health benefits ...

Washington Times

Mud pies and clay pizzas: Eating dirt is the new online diet craze, despite health warnings

Most people sweep dirt into the trash, but a grassroots social media trend suggests sprinkling it on your lunch as a healthy treat. Health experts, however, say the risks of injury and disease far outweigh any touted benefits of a “cruncher’s” diet ...