I came upon this article on The New York Times on how human beings and animals behaved differently according to species.
It strikes me when the author, Olivia Judson mentioned that a species native to our country actually consume alcohol the equivalent of 12 glasses of wine everyday.
Out of curiosity, i googled it and found an article of the animal called Pen-tailed Treeshrew (or (Ptilocercus lowii in latin). The treeshrew belongs to the family of Ptilocercidae and they spend every night drinking naturally-fermented nectar of the bertram palm.
This total up to 10-12 glasses of wine with 3.8% alcohol content. Amazing isn't it?
Wait..hold your horses. it was found that after consuming this amount of alcohol, they show no signs of intoxication!
It strikes me when the author, Olivia Judson mentioned that a species native to our country actually consume alcohol the equivalent of 12 glasses of wine everyday.
Out of curiosity, i googled it and found an article of the animal called Pen-tailed Treeshrew (or (Ptilocercus lowii in latin). The treeshrew belongs to the family of Ptilocercidae and they spend every night drinking naturally-fermented nectar of the bertram palm.
This total up to 10-12 glasses of wine with 3.8% alcohol content. Amazing isn't it?
Wait..hold your horses. it was found that after consuming this amount of alcohol, they show no signs of intoxication!
