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Do gorillas eat the whole banana?

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Gorillas can use their incredible strength to break apart vegetation. An adult male for example can shred apart a whole banana tree to get to the interior tender pith. Gorillas are very selective foragers. They usually only eat parts of vegetation.


Do monkeys eat bananas whole?

Wild monkeys don't eat them. "The entire wild monkey-banana connection in fact is total fabrication," Katharine Milton, who has studied the diets of primates for decades, told Tech Insider.

Do gorillas eat banana peels?

Gorillas consider them as treats due to their high sugar levels. Gorillas also love eating banana peels and phloem bundles, those strings and threads you can peel off a banana. They are full of potassium, fiber, vitamin A, and vitamin B6.

Do monkeys eat the whole banana or do they peel it?

Monkeys like eating various fruits and prefer ripe and overripe bananas, although they might bite into greener fruit to see if it is edible. So, it's not hard to wonder: if they like the fruit so much, do monkeys peel bananas? The short answer is: Yes, most monkeys peel bananas before eating them.

How does gorilla eat banana?

Gorillas do eat bananas. But they usually don't just eat the fruits of this plant. They have incredibly strong hands and arms and can break apart banana trees so they can feed on the tender and moist pit of these trees.

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