{"id":624373,"date":"2026-04-22T21:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/624373\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T21:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:44:09","slug":"monkeys-learn-to-eat-soil-to-cope-with-junk-food-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/624373\/","title":{"rendered":"Monkeys &#039;learn to eat soil to cope with junk food&#039; &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE42Z3VoR3U5LXpwSG8yRWdXOFF3dHR6ckFFbklSclNVV3dRUTJfdXBmWG1aclNzQVhpMm1kU0NJei1SZHNrS2xibzl3eDNJc2dQd0kzS0dfTUc3Zw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Monkeys &#8216;learn to eat soil to cope with junk food&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxNR25mY3pFWlJHQllTMGFkTzBSbUJ6Y2ZJcUoxeGlmYjdTd2x0V0o0SjJBakZzd1ZCOURYYWIxazVkWHRwVUNmQks2ZTVDOFJ4eElrUTBha1NMeE02WU42X0FHUWZQVEkxclNsd1FXRXpyZlZZRWFyMnF5N0FnOWMycWV1QzZXSDJSMHFCUlZjaDBLSVZlUG1vVkhhbWVERURxUWc5a2pMOTlWYm5USURmdA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gibraltar\u2019s monkeys eat mud \u2018to avoid upset stomachs from tourist junk food\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxPektqQ3B6UlJlbWM2WVpVdjl0UzYtTl9sQ01ta0FrZlEtZGpBd0NUWUYtUk1IV2hTMS1Zd3ZlcWFBVjBBTVF6QmhJekZ3WW9tY1hYVnBRd1VGYjR3NU5tb0dTU0RiWjBXNk1qYmh4c01ZdjVkVEViMmduNmRONnZEaHZyX2lWRFhvU0FFTXdzTDNPWGtSNVJxejhCZVlPWTliQThYdXFsa1VGZEd1THl4bDJZUTlnQ0dF?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gibraltar&#8217;s monkeys find a clever way to avoid a junk food bellyache<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTE1waDVZbG9Gak9ENTR1SDEyUllHb245RzR3T09oUE9JeXJ0N3pjM25wandzRXJZOG5FNFlvc0ZrNGtKNkY4VW40RDVDVW1icVRVbFRfRWVmTU9vWXJTSXladXVjb1ZWd3RpMGxBTTNjYTZKZGRQMjhTdVBfdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Monkeys have found a bizarre natural supplement to counteract human junk food<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC Science Focus Magazine<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifkFVX3lxTE52SVloTXdod1gxbURFekUzLVhXVHZWQTV5N0d1bUVPYUNaeF9mSUE2ODVMRzNLYmNDeTR2LWdKX2NYNFBrbUFzWVhpNkJhOTVoUUdIMVhCVVZqaGVaRk5zMTlmdXJlU0RyeU5CT200ZTI5c3loTTJhWjR2VUlMQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Monkeys in Gibraltar self-medicate with soil to help them digest tourists&#8217; junk food<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Phys.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monkeys &#8216;learn to eat soil to cope with junk food&#8217;&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCGibraltar\u2019s monkeys eat mud \u2018to avoid upset stomachs from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624374,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[64,63,128,338],"class_list":{"0":"post-624373","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}