Wild Chimps Consume Equivalent of 2 Drinks a Day

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Party animals? Chimps consume the equivalent of nearly 2 cocktails daily, study says
Chimps could be eating enough fermented fruit each day and consuming nearly two cocktails' worth of alcohol, a new study, published by the journal Science Advances found.

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Wild chimpanzees consume the equivalent of 2 cocktails a day in the form of boozy fruit, research finds
Study: Chimps consume the equivalent of two alcoholic drinks per day
Wild chimps catching a buzz off boozy fruit? Sort of, researchers say
Researchers studied chimpanzees at two sites — one in Uganda in East Africa and another in Ivory Coast in West Africa — and measured the alcohol content of the fermented ripe fruits they consume regu...

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Chimps consume a pint of lager’s worth of alcohol every day in fruit, scientists find
Wild chimps eating fermenting fruit get a surprising slug of alcohol
Chimpanzees may consume equivalent of 1 alcoholic drink a day from fermented fruit, study finds
“The chimps are eating 5 to 10% of their body weight a day in ripe fruit, so even low concentrations yield … a substantial dosage of alcohol,” said senior study author Robert Dudley, a professor of i...

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