Gibraltar macaques eat soil to aid digestion

Macaques at the Rock of Gibraltar adapt their eating behavior by ingesting soil to offset junk food effects.

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This animal self-medication reveals an adaptation strategy faced with unnatural diet linked to human proximity.

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