Monkey Medicine: Charcoal

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Uploaded by on May 3, 2009

Red colobus monkeys in Zanzibar use charcoal to aid their digestion of poisonous indigenous and introduced plants. Also a bit of frolicking and play after dinner.

From the Monkey segment (part 2) of the BBC documentary "Cousins".

More Information:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/programmes/tv/cousins/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanzibar_Red_Colobus
http://www.springerlink.com/content/h62636585385h703/

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  • Clever monkeys.

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  • Paging Doctor Chuckles, to the ER. Doctor Chuckles, to the ER.

  • You can buy activated charcoal for food poisoning as well. It really is a miracle drug

  • A colobus monkey. Love 'em!

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