Monkeys do actually eat fruits similar to the bananas we know and love, but they're quite different than the grocery store-kind built for humans to consume. Wild bananas contain a lot of hard seeds and little fruit one could actually eat.
Do monkeys actually eat bananas in the wild?
Wild monkeys never encounter bananas at all ever unless they are around human habitation where bananas are or have been planted." Monkeys do eat fruits, but they wouldn't encounter bananas like we could get at the grocery store in the forest. They also eat leaves, flowers, nuts, and insects in the wild.
Why don t monkeys eat bananas in the wild?
'Too sweet' "Compared to the food they would eat in the wild, bananas are much more energy-dense - they have lots of calories - and contain much more sugar that's bad for their teeth and can lead to diabetes and similar conditions."
Where did monkeys eating bananas come from?
Filipinos planted bananas in their yard. Monkeys thrived on insects and fruits other than banana. The pet monkeys in captivity, of course, were served bananas since bananas were abundant in the Philippines. Some Americans did business by exporting monkeys to the U.S. for experimentation in laboratories.
Do monkeys prefer ripe bananas?
Wild monkeys do eat bananas, but the bananas that monkeys are fed in zoos are cultivated for humans to have more sugar. These bananas are just too sweet for primates. Head of Conservation and Advocacy at the Paignton Zoo, Dr. Amy Plowman, says that giving the bananas to monkeys is like feeding them cake or chocolate.
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