Mud may help monkey avoid stomach aches

• Autores: Adrian Barnett
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3132, 2017, pág. 10
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Some monkeys seem to go out of their way to add it to their standard diet of leaves, fruits and insects. In Amazonian Peru, one primate species seems to use mud medicinally, possibly to prevent stomach upsets. Why some monkeys eat mud has been much debated--they might use it to kill parasites, for example, or to get minerals lacking in their diet