Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) are native to the forests and savannas of central and western Africa. These creatures are our closest living relatives and share approximately 98.8% of our DNA. Similar ...
Sept. 18 (UPI) --Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, found chimpanzees eating fermented fruit in their native habitats consume the equivalent of nearly two alcoholic drinks per day.
People’s love of furry animals is having some unexpected effects on the monkeys living in Gibraltar. A study out today shows ...
Alcohol can make you woozy and nauseous when you drink too much, but why do humans love it? Wild chimpanzees may hold the answer. Chimps could be eating enough fermented fruit each day and consuming ...
One of the study's authors notes this may be a "conservative" estimate Getty A new study shows that chimps may consume the equivalent of two alcoholic drinks per day through fermented fruit ...
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Chimps eat fruit full of alcohol, but no, they don't get drunk
Chimps' ability to metabolize fermented fruit could explain our own predilection for alcohol.
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Gibraltar’s monkeys are eating dirt to cope with junk food
On the limestone cliffs of Gibraltar, Europe’s free-ranging monkeys have developed a taste for the finer things in a ...
Gibraltar’s macaques have been observed engaging in geophagy, the consumption of soil and clay, in an apparent attempt to quell their nausea from eating fatty and salty foods offered by tourists ...
Scientists have documented an unusual behaviour among these macaques that may help them ward off a bellyache from eating junk ...
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