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 ...

Chimpanzees could be consuming the equivalent of a beer and half a day from eating alcoholic fruits, according to the first estimates of wild chimp alcohol intake. By virtue of their fruit-filled ...

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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 ...

Wildlife like chimpanzees have started consuming bat excrement — guano — in the Budongo Forest, Uganda. After analyzing samples, scientists found that the guano not only held high concentrations of ...

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.

April 22 (UPI) --A team of British researchers studying chimpanzees in West Africa said they have documented the primates eating and sharing alcoholic fruit. The University of Exeter team said cameras ...

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 ...

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