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Wild Chimps Eating Fermenting Fruit Get Surprising Slug of Alcohol

P)Wild chimps eating fermenting fruit

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Reuters

19:23 JST, September 23, 2025

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Ripe fruit is an integral part of the diet of wild chimpanzees, as they routinely eat an amount equaling about 10% of their body weight daily. And because this fruit often is undergoing natural fermentation, they are ingesting a surprising quantity of alcohol — the equivalent,...

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