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Wild monkey in hotel room

Occurred on March 27, 2026 / Xcaret, Mexico Info from Licensor: "My fiance, my son, and I were on vacation in Mexico. We stayed at hotel in Xcaret. We were in our room relaxing after taking our ...
ZME Science

Gibraltar’s Monkeys Are Eating Dirt to Cope With Junk Food

Gibraltar's macaques are eating soil to soothe stomachs upset by tourist-supplied junk food.
Smithsonian Magazine

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

The British territory's Barbary macaques are the only wild monkeys in Europe. But many are consuming human snacks high in ...

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

Researchers say troops are "self-medicating" by rebalancing their gut microbiomes through exposure to mineral-rich soils. The ...

Monkeys eating soil to soothe stomachs after eating too much junk food

Barbary macaques are munching on junk food ‘extremely rich in calories, sugar, salt, and dairy,’ say researchers ...

Gibraltar macaques are self-medicating with dirt to help them 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 ...

Gibraltar's monkeys find a clever way to avoid a junk food bellyache

On the tourist-packed Rock of Gibraltar, one of the most common sights is monkeys begging for food - and sometimes stealing ...
The Purdue Exponent

Monkeys ‘self-medicate’ to help them digest tourists’ junk food

Macaques living on the Mediterranean holiday hotspot have learned that swallowing soil can quell upset stomachs caused by ...

Monkeys in Gibraltar self-medicate with soil to help them digest tourists' junk food

Monkeys in a tourism hotspot have learned that swallowing dirt can quell the upset stomachs caused by overconsumption of ...
Scientific American

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

Gibraltar’s macaques have been observed engaging in geophagy, the consumption of soil and clay, in an apparent attempt to ...

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 ...