I'm not sure where the myth that monkeys eat bananas started — I personally suspect Curious George — but it's time for it to stop. Wild monkeys don't eat them. "The entire wild monkey-banana ...

Monkeys have been banned from eating bananas at a British zoo because those grown for people are too sweet and sugary for them. “Giving this fruit to animals is equivalent to giving them cake ...

Ask anyone what a monkey eats and they'll say bananas, right? Well, not at Paignton Zoo in Devon because the monkeys have been banned from eating them. Animal nutritionists at the zoo say giving ...

the bananas’ high sugar content could cause the monkeys to develop diabetes or similar conditions. “It can also cause gastrointestinal problems as their stomachs are mostly adapted to eating ...

A Boston cop who was suspended for calling Henry Louis Gates a "banana-eating jungle monkey" in a mass email insists, "I didn't mean it in a racist way." Officer Justin Barrett, who sent the ...

“Go ahead and google ‘monkey eating a banana,’ and you’ll see that even most monkeys are peeling the banana before eating it. If monkeys are smart enough to figure this out, we should ...

Monkeys at a zoo have been banned from eating bananas after doctors decided they were too full of sugar. Visitors at Paignton Zoo in Devon will no longer see monkeys munching on the yellow fruit ...

A zoo has banned its monkeys from eating bananas – after nutritionists said it was the equivalent of humans eating cake and chocolate. Amy Plowman, head of conservation at Paignton Zoo in Devon ...