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Since they do not have control over their bowels like humans do, monkeys poop anywhere they feel like it. Once the poop comes, they let it out. Also, they are arboreal animals, which means they may be found pooping on trees while holding on to something.However, it is used in the likes of Georgia, Russia and Poland, and the method is also the subject of clinical trials approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the USA.