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 standard alcoholic drinks each day, according to researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.
Chimpanzees consume the equivalent of at least one alcoholic drink per day as they eat ripe, fermenting fruit, says a study out Wednesday that addresses one possible reason why humans are drawn to booze.
Chimps glug down 14 grams of ethanol in the roughly 10 pounds of fruit they feast on per day, adding up to an equivalent of two drinks for a human, according to the paper published Wednesday in Science Advances by researchers from the University of California, Berkeley.
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.
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