The actual reason why monkeys eat soil

A mud cookie (Haitian Creole: bonbon tè, lit. 'earth cookie', pronounced [bɔ̃bɔ̃ tɛ]) is a famine food that is eaten in Haiti by children or expectant mothers.[1] They can be found in slums like Cité Soleil. Dirt is collected from the nation's central plateau, near the town of Hinche, and trucked over to the market (e.g. La Saline market) where women purchase it.[2][3][4] It is processed into cookies in shanty towns such as Fort Dimanche.[4] First, the dirt is strained to remove rocks and clumps.[4] Then, the dirt is mixed with salt (and/or rarely sugar) and vegetable shortening or other fat.[2][5] Next, it is formed into flat discs,[2] and dried in the sun.[5] The finished product is finally transported in buckets and sold in the market or on the streets.[3]

Not sure. Whatever makes the tummy not hungry, I guess.

Well, at least monkeys do not like to be peed on. A tape of Donald Trump allegedly confessing that he enjoys being peed upon during sex (or watching others do so) “probably does exist”, according to former British intelligence agent and Russian specialist Christopher Steele, despite the former US president’s repeated objections that it doesn’t.

Yep, and dogs eat shit because it's good for their gut bacterial diversity.

Do you know if fruit/vegetable eating primates tend to practice less geophagy when said foods are abundant? 

Geophagy, or the intentional consumption of soil or similar substances, is a behavior that has been observed in many primate species, including monkeys. Some possible reasons for geophagy in primates include: 

• Mineral supplementation: Geophagy can help supplement diets that are low in nutrients. 
  
• Gastrointestinal health: Geophagy may help with diarrhea, treat gastrointestinal disorders, or adjust the pH of the gut. 
  
• Protection from parasites: Geophagy can help protect primates from parasites. 
  
• Metabolizing toxic compounds: Geophagy can help primates metabolize toxic compounds from leaves. 
  

the practice was no longer necessary.

A mud cookie (Haitian Creole: bonbon tè, lit. 'earth cookie', pronounced [bɔ̃bɔ̃ tɛ]) is a famine food that is eaten in Haiti by children or expectant mothers.[1] They can be found in slums like Cité Soleil. Dirt is collected from the nation's central plateau, near the town of Hinche, and trucked over to the market (e.g. La Saline market) where women purchase it.[2][3][4] It is processed into cookies in shanty towns such as Fort Dimanche.[4] First, the dirt is strained to remove rocks and clumps.[4] Then, the dirt is mixed with salt (and/or rarely sugar) and vegetable shortening or other fat.[2][5] Next, it is formed into flat discs,[2] and dried in the sun.[5] The finished product is finally transported in buckets and sold in the market or on the streets.[3]

Then why are they still making mud cookies.

Then why are they still making mud cookies.

When tummy is hungry, people will eat anything.

I think it helps them a lot with these issues. I wonder if humans, like monkeys, have at one point eaten soil regularly, and then when they learned how to farm animals and hunt animals, the practice was no longer necessary.

When Shila was at our strip club she said she would eat anything.

I don’t go to strip clubs. When you said you were tiny all interest faded.

I don’t go to strip clubs. When you said you were tiny all interest faded.

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