Monkeys at Australia ’s Melbourne Zoo have been put on a banana - gratis diet because selective breeding of the fruit has made it too sugary , the zoo ’s head vet toldThe Sydney Morning Herald . It ’s not just the monkey that are being restricted , either . Other animals at the zoo were becoming corpulent and lose from decompose teeth , and ultra - sweet fruit was identified as the culprit .
" The publication is , the cultivated fruits have been genetically modified to be much higher in sugar capacity than their natural , ancestral fruits , " head vet Michael Lynch tells theMorning Herald .
Some fruits , like plum tree , have nearly doubled their soluble simoleons content in the last two decades , food scientist Senaka Ranadheera told theMorning Herald . Some wild banana have large seeds , but the naturalise variety that we eat has been genetically modified to the point that it’sunrecognizablefrom its less - palatable twin . In addition , " raving mad apples are smaller and more sulphurous than modern school sort , " Ranadheera said . yield with a gamey sugar content merely tastes good to humans as well as animal .
At Melbourne Zoo , the primates andred pandashave formulate quite a fresh tooth . It ’s not unusual for the animals to eat all of their fruit while leaving other intellectual nourishment untouched . In an attempt to introduce a healthier diet , zookeepers have commence feeding the red red panda bits of Pyrus communis motley with " panda pellets " stop all the nutrients and minerals they require . Other fauna have had their fruit swapped out for leafy greens .
The Australian zoo is n’t the first one to take fruit off the menu , though . In England , the Paignton Zoo tag the wellness of its monkeys from 2003 to 2010 and at last decide to eliminate fruit , bread , eggs , and seeds from the animals ' diets . Instead , they are fed foods robust in protein and fiber , including shot , bracing vegetables , hotdog biscuits , and cook dark-brown rice . " concomitant health benefits have been improve dental health and weight loss in some antecedently heavy someone , " Dr. Amy Plowman at the Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust drop a line in her 2013 researchpaper .
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