Are Bananas Bad for Monkeys?猴子不該吃香蕉？

What fruit do monkeys eat？ Bananas， right？ You can see them with bananas in pictures， books， on TV， and more. However， bananas aren’t actually part of their natural food.

In the wild， monkeys usually eat flowers and leaves. They also eat fruits， but not bananas. One zoo in England took note of that.

The zoo stopped feeding its monkeys bananas. The animal experts there think that bananas are bad for monkeys’ health. The experts say that bananas have too much sugar. So， giving monkeys bananas is like giving people cake and chocolate. All that sugar can lead to health problems for monkeys. They can lose their teeth， and they can get fat. They can also get sick.

The zoo now gives its monkeys lots of green vegetables. The monkeys look and feel better with the new food.

猴子會吃什么水果？香蕉，對吧？你可以在圖片中、書籍里、電視上和其他地方看到它們和香蕉在一起。然而，香蕉實(shí)際上并不是它們天然食物的一部分。

在野外，猴子通常吃花朵和樹葉。它們也吃水果，但不吃香蕉。英國的一家動物園注意到了這一點(diǎn)。

這家動物園不再給猴子喂香蕉。那里的動物專家認(rèn)為香蕉對猴子的健康有害。專家稱香蕉含糖量太高。所以，給猴子吃香蕉就像給人吃蛋糕和巧克力一樣。香蕉所含的那些糖會給猴子帶來健康問題。它們會掉牙，會變胖，還會生病。

該動物園現(xiàn)在給猴子吃很多綠色蔬菜。它們吃了新食物后感覺好多了。

Word Bank

take note of 注意到；留意到

feed /fi?d/ v. 喂養(yǎng)

lead to 導(dǎo)致；引起

fat /f?t/ adj. 肥胖的 n. 脂肪

sick /s?k/ adj. 生病的