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Wild chimps caught on camera for the first time sharing boozy fruit
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0:54Now PlayingThese chimps were a barrel of laughs.
Wild chimpanzees in West Africa were caught on video for the very first time sharing fermented African breadfruit that contained ethanol.
Researchers from the University of Exeter in England set up cameras at Cantanhez National Park in Guinea-Bissau.
The primates may have been using the alcohol like humans do, the team said in their report published in the science journal Current Biology.“
For humans, we know that drinking alcohol leads to a release of dopamine and endorphins, and resulting feelings of happiness and relaxation,” ecologist Anna Bowland, lead author of the study, said in a report from the university.
“We also know that sharing alcohol – including through traditions such as feasting – helps to form and strengthen social bonds.”
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