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| Whoopee! (Photo by Delphine Bruyere) |
Although swinging from tree to tree in the tropical jungles of Guinea seems exotic to us, for chimps it’s just another day at the office.
Therefore, some extracurricular “relief” is in order. For
these primates, such relief may very well come from the fermented sap of raffia palm trees.
This sap has about a three-percent alcohol content, enough to leave the average chimp feeling pretty darn good (especially after drinking a bottle of wine’s worth).
Fox News
reports that “a 17-year study of chimpanzees in Guinea” has shown them to exhibit “visible signs of inebriation” after “voluntarily consuming alcohol” in the wild.
These resourceful consumers have found clever ways to party on, “using torn-off leaves to dip into and soak up fluid and transfer it into the mouth.”
Resources
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/06/13/study-humans-arent-only-ones-who-like-to-booze/
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