Tourists in Gibraltar have turned the local macaques into absolute junk-food gremlins, feeding them chocolate, crisps, and ice cream like there’s no tomorrow — and now the monkeys have figured out the perfect chaser: straight-up dirt. Researchers say these clever primates are chowing down on soil to line their guts, calm the dairy-induced chaos, and get those missing minerals back after bingeing on human snacks that their systems were never built for. It’s basically primate Pepto-Bismol, learned from hanging out with us too much.
Monkeys eating soil to settle upset stomachs from junk food, says research
