Research Team Captures Chimpanzees Sharing Boozy Fruits

Primates like booze just as much as humans do. British researchers studying chimpanzees have caught them on camera eating and sharing alcoholic fruit. A team from the University of Exeter set up cameras at Cantanhez National Park in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa and recorded the chimps sharing fermented African breadfruit. The fruit was confirmed to contain ethanol. The scientists think that the tradition of feasting, but primates and humans alike came from sharing boozy fruit. They note "Chimps don't share food all the time, so this behavior with fermented fruit might be important.”


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