‘Drunk’ animals may be more typical
A spider monkey feeding upon fruits of yellow mombin. Nicholas Chapoy
Wildlife acting like intoxicated human beings after consuming fermented fruits is usually thought about anecdotal unusual, and is not well recorded in scholastic literature. One group of ecologists is challenging the presumption that animals do not consume ethanol-laden fruits and nectars that frequently. They argue that considering that ethanol-laden fruits exist in almost every community on earth, these fruits are most likely taken in on a more routine basis by animals that consume nectar and fruits. The argument is detailed in a paper released October 30 in the Cell Press journal Patterns in Ecology & & Evolution
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