Chimpanzees are willing to drink palm wine

Among monkeys found alkogolikovAntropologi, for several years have seen wild monkeys in Boss, Guinea, were surprised to find the primates addicted to alcohol. And this habit appeared without any human involvement.

There are many stories about the monkeys who are addicted to alcohol. In particular, willingly adopt the bad habits like drinking human or smoking chimpanzee. As a rule, drink primates teach people - tourists or visitors of restaurants, where the monkeys live. Consciously the animals are not attracted to alcohol: in their bodies lack the enzyme responsible for breaking down ethanol.





At least, so it thought. According to Live Science, a team of researchers who studied the wild monkeys in Guinea since 1995, was surprised to find that chimpanzees willingly drink palm wine. For this, they sneak up on vessels where the wine ferments, made from the leaves of the trees likeness sponge, dipped it into a liquid and then squeezed it into his mouth. Researchers have documented 51 cases of drunkenness monkeys, of which 31 occurred in the males chimps.

Scientists are also interested in the behavior of primates after drinking. Some chimpanzees after libations rested, while others started to run and make a fuss - even after their relatives overcame night's sleep. To clarify the preliminary findings of studies by anthropologists now preparing an experiment. Chimpanzees will be asked to drink two kinds: conventional palm juice and fermented into wine. Depending on the results, researchers will select further conclusions about primates addiction to alcohol.



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