Gibraltar’s macaques have been observed engaging in geophagy, the consumption of soil and clay, in an apparent attempt to quell their nausea from eating fatty and salty foods offered by tourists ...
A Cambridge University study has found that Gibraltar’s Barbary macaques have developed the unusual habit of eating soil to ease digestive issues caused by tourist junk food. Researchers observed that ...
A colony of macaques that gorge on snacks offered by tourists in the British territory of Gibraltar swallow soil to recover ...
On the limestone cliffs of Gibraltar, Europe’s free-ranging monkeys have developed a taste for the finer things in a tourist’s backpack. From salted peanuts and chocolate bars to M&M’s and melting ice ...
Long-tailed macaques given short videos were glued to scenes of fighting—especially when the combatants were monkeys they knew—mirroring the human draw to drama and familiar faces. Low-ranking ...