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UK’s Paignton Zoo bans monkeys from eating bananas for health reasons

From CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/15/world/europe/uk-zoo-monkeys-bananas/index.html?hpt=hp_t2


Posted on January 15, 2014 by HeidiB

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The information included on this site represents a variety of sources, ranging from rigorously peer-reviewed to single author, popular press, internal-use documents, and everything in between. Use your critical evaluation skills when employing any information herein (Ullrey 1995).

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