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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The chimpanzees ate around 4.5 kilograms (10 pounds) of fruit a day. - Aleksey Maro Chimpanzees may consume the equivalent of ...

A chimpanzee eating figs at Ngogo in Uganda's Kibale National Park in 2018. (Aleksey Maro/UC Berkeley) (CN) — By eating fermented fruit, wild chimpanzees may be regularly consuming the equivalent of ...

Drinking more than you intended may be something that many humans do, but now research is showing that a taste for alcohol is surprisingly common among animals. In fact, a new study has found that ...

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 ...

A chimpanzee might not walk into a bar, but these apes have a taste for alcohol. Specifically, they consume alcohol inside fermented fruits, from figs to star apples to local stone fruits. As these ...

Urine testing confirmed alcohol consumption among wild African chimpanzees with 17 out of 20 containing alcohol byproducts, likely from fermented fruit in their diet. A breathalyser is impractical for ...

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Chimpanzees may consume the equivalent of about one alcoholic drink per day due to the ethanol contained within the fruit they eat, according to a new study. Understanding this behavior of our closest ...