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Monkeys banned from eating bananas
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-25728179
This is just stupid . I'm not against zoos at all, but this meddling has to stop .
Monkeys have been eating bananas since the dawn of time , but the do-gooding conservationists say bananas are too sugary :eek:
When I go to the zoo I want to see a monkey eat a banana , not a muesli bar or a rivita >:(:D
This is just stupid . I'm not against zoos at all, but this meddling has to stop .
Monkeys have been eating bananas since the dawn of time , but the do-gooding conservationists say bananas are too sugary :eek:
When I go to the zoo I want to see a monkey eat a banana , not a muesli bar or a rivita >:(:D
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It's bullsh!t, that. Next thing "Dr" Gillian McKeith will be insisting they eat aduki bean stew and the Daily Mail will be insistent they eat quinoa, edamame beans and superfood salad.
Get 'em a bleedin' KFC, that'll keep 'em happy. And a banana split.
True but according to the link the ones they are getting have been cultivated for human consumption and are too sugary.
IMO they should go back to tea and cakes like in the PG tips ads.
Sort of like a Frankenbanana
Would it not just make sense to give them less ripe bananas then...
Sounds like one of Ann Summers' Halloween-themed products.
Give 'em a piano to play (or shift) as well.
Do you know "The piano is on my foot?"
You hum is son and i'll play it.
We've been selectively cultivating crops for specific tastes/looks for years.
It doesn't take too long to get a cop comprised of almost entirely sweeter fruit/veg if you want that characteristic, and only plant the seeds from the ones that fit your requirements.
Also as has been mentioned if the monkeys in the wild tend to eat the banana's when they are less ripe, then there will likely be less sugar in those than ripe ones (Elephants in some parts of the world have learned that eating certain over ripe fruit off the ground will give them a buzz, as the fruit has started fermenting and converting the sugars to alcohol).
Yep - all the bananas you see in the shops have been developed specifically with human consumption in mind.
Bearing that in mind, I'd tend to take the word of an expert regarding the dietary requirements of the animals in his or her care over the misguided opinions of 'someone on the internet' who wibbles on about 'do-gooding-conservationists' as if that's some kind of valid argument.
Like this > > > RESULT
Other species should be fed the food-types native to their original habitat.
That would make far too much sense.
I'm not sure if you're serious or not.
Fruit (and almost any crop) that is farmed for human consumption has been chosen and grown with things like yield, colour, flavour and speed of growth in mind since the at least the Egyptians.
What we eat, as bought or grown specifically for humans is a long way from what it was originally as we've wanted the crops to be more reliable, and tastier for thousands of years*.
So a banana in the wild can be very different to what you, or I would be able to easily get from the green grocer.
*Things like tomatoes are often grown hydroponically now, from one of a handful of varieties that have been bred specifically to create a strain that can be grown rapidly in such a manner, with a fairly uniform colour/size/size.
Come on Nilrem, get with the program. You can't argue with an Internet expert with nothing but facts and figures...
Is there any need to be so abrasive in your post
Maybe you would benefit from some happy pills.
Or a sugary banana
Lol ok
It actually isn't so the animal welfare experts have a point.
I've never seen a banana that looks like this in the supermarket.