Are Bananas Bad for Monkeys?猴子不该吃香蕉？

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.

猴子会吃什么水果？香蕉，对吧？你可以在图片中、书籍里、电视上和其他地方看到它们和香蕉在一起。然而，香蕉实际上并不是它们天然食物的一部分。

在野外，猴子通常吃花朵和树叶。它们也吃水果，但不吃香蕉。英国的一家动物园注意到了这一点。

这家动物园不再给猴子喂香蕉。那里的动物专家认为香蕉对猴子的健康有害。专家称香蕉含糖量太高。所以，给猴子吃香蕉就像给人吃蛋糕和巧克力一样。香蕉所含的那些糖会给猴子带来健康问题。它们会掉牙，会变胖，还会生病。

该动物园现在给猴子吃很多绿色蔬菜。它们吃了新食物后感觉好多了。

Word Bank

take note of 注意到；留意到

feed /fiːd/ v. 喂养

lead to 导致；引起

fat /fæt/ adj. 肥胖的 n. 脂肪

sick /sɪk/ adj. 生病的