Adult female chimpanzees feed on a fermented African breadfruit. Bowland et al.
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Wild chimpanzees have for the first time been captured on camera eating and sharing fermented African breadfruit (Treculia africana) containing alcohol.
The discovery was made by researchers who set up cameras in Guinea-Bissau’s Cantanhez National Park and raises questions about why chimps seek out alcohol and if they do so deliberately.
“For humans, we know that drinking alcohol leads to a release…
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