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THE ENTIRE KINGDOMS ARE ON SOMA
The animal kingdom is boozing heavy. We’re not the only ones looking for a buzz: A broad range of species consume ethanol in their regular diet and even seek out high-ethanol food like overripe fruit, according to a new study. Chimpanzees in Guinea eat alcoholic sap, spider monkeys in Panama like yellow mombin fruit with 1%–2.5% ABV, and a type of bird in Brazil flies into fences after eating fermented berries, to name a few.
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You also might be more similar to a flying insect than you’d care to admit—male fruit flies that got rejected by a mate were observed eating more ethanol-laden foods afterward.
S: Morning Brew