Humans are no longer “drinking alone,” a new study finds. Animals are getting drunk on a regular basis, but they’re not mixing a cocktail. Instead, wild animals are consuming a “sugary nectar” in the ...
Wildlife behaving like drunk humans after eating fermented fruits is generally considered anecdotal rare, and is not well documented in academic literature. However, one group of ecologists is ...
In a paper published today, scientists argue that plenty of animals are regularly consuming and using alcohol, though many questions about the practice still remain. Reading time 3 minutes Getting ...
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Alcohol ingestion by animals is surprisingly widespread, and we're starting to understand its impact
Humans may not be the only animals that ingest alcohol, research is suggesting. Studies on animals are showing they may be eating natural ethanol for its medicinal or nutritional properties. Humans ...
Source: Julia Casorso, used with permission. Anecdotes from around the world describe wild animals—everything from wasps to songbirds to baboons—acting drunk after feeding on fermented fruits. But ...
Learn about the surprising ways wild animals experience natural intoxicants, from fermented fruits to hallucinogenic plants. Cedar waxwings eat a lot of berries, which can sometimes become fermented ...
A new study found that animals are eating fruit containing ethanol, a chemical used to make alcohol, more often than previously thought. Photo by Daniel Restrepo Londono via Unsplash Humans are no ...
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