🆕 New paper out! 🐒🪨
We show that geophagy in Gibraltar Barbary macaques is a socially learned tradition, induced by human activities and linked to junk food from tourists.
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Congratulations Lalie! And welcome to the team! #primates #macaques
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Our findings covered by one of the main French TV channel @m6info.bsky.social #macaques #gibraltar #geophagy
Our study on macaques' geophagy featured on the French radio: www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/... @cam-archaeology.bsky.social @franceinter.fr @radiofrance.fr #macaques #gibraltar #geophagy
Thank you Jess Frater for your great contribution to this study and the GMP @gibmacproj.bsky.social @cam-archaeology.bsky.social #macaques #Gibraltar #geophagy
French media finally catching up on reporting about our geophagy study: www.youtube.com/shorts/hSDMB...
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Very good original piece from @reuters.com on our study of Gibraltar macaques' geophagy @cam-archaeology.bsky.social #macaques #gibraltar #geophagy #culture www.reuters.com/business/env...
Partout dans le monde, les singes doivent s’adapter pour faire face aux transformations de leur milieu naturel par les humains. Deux observations récentes l’illustrent bien. L'une sur des macaques con...
On the tourist-packed Rock of Gibraltar, one of the most common sights is monkeys begging for food - and sometimes stealing sweet and salty snacks from unsuspecting visitors. Scientists now have docu...
Great poster!! Congratulations to Ferrand Lalie on this inspiring work. Looking forward to collaborating together on the @gibmacproj.bsky.social.
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Barbary macaques in Gibraltar have developed a surprising habit - eating soil 🐒
Researchers found this behaviour to be especially common in summer, when tourist numbers (and snack-sharing) peak.
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Martin Nicourt
WildCRU, Oxford
Poster de Lalie Ferrand, R. Abensur, M. Gottstein, C. Pelon, E. Guilbert, C. Baltzinger & P. -M. Forget : “SHARED CANOPY - How do primates exploit fruit tree under contrasting anthropogenic pressures ?” Master 1 @mecadev.bsky.social @tropicalecology.bsky.social @mnhn.fr @recherche.mnhn.fr