Mineral Acquisition from Clay by Budongo Forest Chimpanzees

Chimpanzees of the Sonso community, Budongo Forest, Uganda were observed eating clay and drinking clay-water from waterholes. We show that clay, clay-rich water, and clay obtained with leaf sponges, provide a range of minerals in different concentrations. The presence of aluminium in the clay consum...

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Autores principales: Reynolds, Vernon, Lloyd, Andrew W., English, Christopher J., Lyons, Peter, Dodd, Howard, Hobaiter, Catherine, Newton-Fisher, Nicholas, Mullins, Caroline, Lamon, Noemie, Schel, Anne Marijke, Fallon, Brittany
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4517816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26218593
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0134075

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4517816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26218593
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0134075

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