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Chunky mmonkeys at a Japanese park has been put on diet after being overfed by tourists. About one third of the parks 50 Macaca mulatta monkeys, which generally weigh up to 11 kg in the wild, are now overweight. The heaviest male weighs over 29kg.

The heaviest male weighs over 29kg and does little more than shuffle around the 420-square-metre enclosure waiting for the next hand-out, according to park officials. The monkeys have been put on a special low-fat diet and signs have been put around the enclosure asking visitors not to feed them. But the park estimates that as many as 20 people every day ignore the request.

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