Chimpanzees consume the equivalent of more than two alcoholic drinks per day

Chimpanzees consume equivalent of about two beers a day, study finds

Scientists found that some ape diets are inadvertently laced with alcohol, which could suggest a missing link to human drinking habits.

Wild chimpanzees consume 2 cocktails’ worth of alcohol a day by feasting on boozy fruit: study

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.

Berkeley scientists find more evidence for 'drunken monkey' hypothesis

Now we know how much alcohol our wild ape relatives likely consume.

Wild Chimps Naturally Consume Alcohol Daily, Akin To A Couple Drinks

Chimpanzees in the wild may be getting a daily dose of alcohol without even trying. Research out of the University of California, Berkeley that the fruit they eat naturally contains low levels of alcohol, thanks to fermentation by wild yeasts The post Wild Chimps Naturally Consume Alcohol Daily, Akin To A Couple Drinks appeared first on Study Finds.

Chimpanzees consume 'two alcoholic drinks a day', study says

Wild chimps often eat around 10% of their body weight daily in ripe fruit containing alcohol, according to scientists who measured the alcohol content of the fermented ripe fruits they consumed regularly.