Monkeys also avoid germs after viral outbreaks
Researchers found outbreak-exposed macaques ate contaminated-looking food far less often, suggesting experience with illness can reshape infection-avoidance behavior.
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A study with 55 Japanese macaques reveals that living with an outbreak is associated with greater caution over apparently contaminated foods, even if the virus was transmitted by bites and scratches. Japanese macaques Seeing other members of the group get sick can change the relationship with food. Japanese macaques who had experienced a viral outbreak showed more caution over apparently contaminated foods, even when they themselves had not been…
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Joo-young = Monkeys that have experienced a fatal infectious disease outbreak, even if they do not know how the disease is transmitted, [consume] food that appears to be contaminated...
Writing Science, Oct 21 (EFE).- Like many people cleaning food with disinfectant at the beginning of the covid pandemic when it was unknown how it spread, macaques also become more suspicious with food after being exposed to a virus, according to an experiment in the United States.The research, whose conclusions [...] The entry Macaques share with humans the suspicion towards the sources of infection was first published in HolaNews.
Like Humans, Some Primates Become Cautious of Germs in the Wake of a Viral Outbreak
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, many households wiped down groceries with disinfectant before putting them away. Hand sanitizer was in short supply. With little information on how the virus spread – people became more cautious of germs from other people. A new University of California San Diego study suggests that humans may not be alone in changing behavior after experiencing a disease threat. Researchers found that macaque monkeys …
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