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Originally Posted by escapee  |
I heard tell about zoos having severe malnutrition problems with primates when fed nothing but fruits and vegetables approximating what they would eat in the wild. Wildlife biologists in the field then noticed that wild primates would deliberately seek out insect infested foods for their diet, thus supplementing their diet with protein. The zoo animals were being fed food that had been treated with insecticide while growing, so of course, there were no insects.