By: patti Date: 10/2/2018
Selective breeding has made the fruit we eat so full of sugar, Melbourne Zoo has had to wean its animals off it.
Fruit is vital in human diets, and we all need to eat more. But at the zoo, keepers found fruit-heavy diets were making some animals obese – and rotting their teeth.
Read more here: Zoo won't panda to taste, says fruit's too sweet for its monkey menu
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