US EditionWild Chimpanzees Filmed Sharing Fermented Fruit in Guinea-Bissau
- A group of wild chimpanzees has been filmed sharing alcoholic breadfruit, marking the first recorded instance of primates consuming alcohol together on camera.
- Researchers noted that sharing food like this is not typical chimp behavior, suggesting it may be linked to social bonding over the alcohol.
- The chimps were observed in Guinea Bissau's Cantanhez National Park, enjoying themselves while consuming the alcohol.
- The research, published in the journal Current Biology, indicates that chimps may actively seek out and share alcohol to strengthen social bonds, similar to human behavior.
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Monkeys eat alcoholic fruit together – perhaps similar to human partying
Chimpanzees have been seen eating alcoholic fruit together in several films from a research project, The Guardian reports. Researchers are now wondering whether the apes could help to find the origins of humans' millennia-old tradition of partying.
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