Bananas are the ultimate favorite, and they get one each day! Chimp Haven goes through about 150 pounds of bananas each day and 50,000 pounds every year! That's a LOT of bananas. Bananas are usually passed out one by one to the chimpanzees to make sure everyone gets theirs.
How many bananas does the average monkey eat per day?
Medium-sized primates can eat up to five bananas per day, but will only do so, if no other fruit is available, as they enjoy a varied diet.
How much do monkeys eat in a day?
They eat chow three times a day and it is supplemented with whole oats, vitamins, vegetables, water, and a small amount of apple and nuts. Because of their high metabolisms, between chow meals and snacks, monkeys typically eat about 6 times a day.
How much do monkeys like bananas?
Monkeys do enjoy bananas. A study from 1936 even offered monkeys fruits, vegetables, nuts, and bread to see what they would choose to eat more of. Bananas ranked right behind grapes; nuts and bread were last. "Of course monkeys and apes are not stupid and relish eating them once they are exposed to them," Milton said.
How much fruit does a monkey eat a day?
Findings published today in the journal Oikos show how some monkeys consume their 'five a day' within a single hour and consume as many as 50 portions of fruit in a single day. The research focuses on the amount and diversity of fruit consumed by primates in neotropical forests of South and Central America.
