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Study Tests Whether Macaques Avoid Food Touched by Filth
Original: Will a macaque eat a grape sitting on a pile of poo? A study on germophobia
Researchers set up an unusual experiment: offering macaques a grape placed on a pile of dung, to see whether the monkeys avoid food that looks contaminated. The study examines germ avoidance in animals and what it reveals about the roots of disgust behaviour. Readers are sharing the story widely, with the absurd-sounding premise of the experiment drawing attention alongside its scientific questions about how germophobia evolved.
Why now: The bizarre premise of testing whether monkeys will eat a grape off faeces makes the study's findings on germ avoidance a curiosity people are sharing.
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