Drunken Monkeys Confirmed

Brief Note / Science


Boozy chimps fail urine test, confirm hotly debated theory – Ars Technica

In short, “We find widespread physiological evidence of the consumption of alcohol by chimpanzees,” Maro said. “If there’s any doubt about the drunken monkey hypothesis—that there’s enough alcohol in the environment for animals to experience alcohol in a way analogous to humans—it’s been cleared up. Food and alcohol evolutionarily are, as it turns out, very much connected, especially in the lives of chimpanzees.”

Some days, when you’re waiting for the snow plow to show up and trying to avoid reading the news, things like this just appear…

Heh.

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6 Comments

  1. Anna Marie Lofaro says

    Hahahaha! Thanks for a good rainy day chuckle! Hope you are all well! Love to Karen!

  2. Pinkie Sweet-Holland says

    Very good 👍. Tears of laughter running down my face. Thank you 😊 🙏.

  3. 🤣🤣🤣 I was afraid to read this as I thought it was commentary on the SOTU. This made my day.

  4. Caryl Frink says

    Makes you wonder how many people say, “I want what they’re having” and go to search the woods! Is that the origen of moonshine?

  5. Barbara Cameron Caum says

    Brilliant – reminds me of a story my favorite anthropology professor told.

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