Chunky monkeys put on diet
Zoo parade.
Tourists visiting the Ohama Park in the Japanese
city of Osaka have hurled so many titbits to the resident troupe of monkeys that
some are so obese they can hardly
walk…
The monkeys have been put on a low-fat diet and staff have placed signs around the park urging people not to feed the overweight monkeys…
The monkeys have been put on a low-fat diet and staff have placed signs around the park urging people not to feed the overweight monkeys…
The park has 50 Macaca mulatta monkeys, which
generally weigh up to 24 lbs in the
wild.
On a diet of crisps, bread and sweets provided by well-meaning visitors around a third of the monkeys are now overweight and the five leaders of the troupe tip the scales at more than 33 lbs.
The heaviest male weighs over 64 lbs and does little more than shuffle around the 420-square-metre enclosure waiting for the next hand-out, according to park officials.
Easy enough to tell they’re related to humans.
Thanks K B
On a diet of crisps, bread and sweets provided by well-meaning visitors around a third of the monkeys are now overweight and the five leaders of the troupe tip the scales at more than 33 lbs.
The heaviest male weighs over 64 lbs and does little more than shuffle around the 420-square-metre enclosure waiting for the next hand-out, according to park officials.
Easy enough to tell they’re related to humans.
Thanks K B
Posted: Mon - May 12, 2008 at 06:47 AM