Banned: Monkeys are now longer allowed to eat bananas at Paignton Zoo (Image: Getty) Monkeys at a zoo have been banned from eating bananas after doctors decided they were too full of sugar.

“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 be ...

Monkey kidnaps a kitten and holds it hostage while eating bananas as horrified onlookers yell 'don't hurt him!' Primate grabbed feline outside home in Rayong, eastern Thailand, on Saturday ...

Monkeys have been banned from eating bananas by a British zoo because food grown for people is too sweet and sugary for them, officials said Monday. “Giving this fruit to animals is equivalent ...

Monkeys and bananas. It’s as natural a pairing as squirrels and nuts or movies and popcorn. Not any more, says one zoo in southwest England.

Chunky monkeys at two British zoos have been banned from eating bananas. Bosses at Paignton and Bristol Zoos have put its simians on a strict slimming diet after discovering the sweet yellow ...

LONDON– Monkeys and bananas. ... UK Zoo bans monkeys from eating bananas for health reasons by: CNN Wire. Posted: Jan 15, 2014 / 11:03 AM EST. Updated: Jan 15, 2014 / 11:03 AM EST.