Animals do not choose fruit by chance. What they eat depends on smell, ripeness, texture, and what is available in the moment. Some fruits are taken simply because they drop along familiar paths, ...
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Chimps Consume the Equivalent of 2.5 Alcoholic Drinks per Day by Eating Fermented Fruit, Study Finds
Wild chimpanzees consume vast amounts of fruit every day. Some of these fruits, however, are very ripe and fermented—making them “boozy,” with high levels of ethanol. As it turns out, that means the ...
Chimpanzees naturally ingest surprising amounts of alcohol from ripe, fermenting fruit. Careful measurements show that their typical fruit diet can equal one to two human drinks each day. This ...
Chimpanzees may consume the equivalent of about one alcoholic drink per day due to the ethanol contained within the fruit they eat, according to a new study. Understanding this behavior of our closest ...
The first-ever measurements of the ethanol content of fruits available to chimpanzees in their native African habitat show that the animals could easily consume the equivalent of more than two ...
Chimps Consume the Equivalent of 2.5 Alcoholic Drinks per Day by Eating Fermented Fruit, Study Finds
Chimpanzees in Uganda's Kibale National Park love eating figs, which scientists found had the highest level of alcohol at the site. Aleksey Maro / UC Berkeley Wild chimpanzees consume vast amounts of ...
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