Wild Chimpanzees Caught on Camera Sharing Alcohol for the First Time

Scitech Daily ^ | May 09, 2025 | Alex Morrison, University of Exeter

[equaviator]

They should all have a drivers license.

[Magnum44]

[CatHerd]

Hold muh breadfruit and watch this!

[Buttons12]

Elephants enjoy fermented fruit, too. Probably numerous other species have discovered its charms.

[alloysteel]

They should all have a drivers license

Why? Do they have a designated driver? They can individually stagger back to their own sleeping branch, or just fall asleep at the base of the tree.

Just like a bunch of redneck cowboys.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Clicking this thread I felt like I was gonna get Rick Rolled

[Red Badger]

Whatever that is.......................😏

[JBW1949]

South side of Chicago..................

[Ikeon]

Did they turn on an NBA game? Were they short on weed?

[jjotto]

Just blew coffee onto my shirt!

[ansel12]

“”In humans, alcohol consumption is believed to date back deep into evolutionary history and is often associated with social bonding.””
“”We also know that sharing alcohol, including through traditions such as feasting, helps to form and strengthen social bonds.””

Alcohol has played an incredible role in the growth of Western man and it differs greatly from the role that Cannabis and hashish has played in the societies that were drawn into Cannabis instead of alcohol, the difference in the cultures are night and day.

[Trumpette1954]

I saw a National Geographic documentary years ago that showed animals in the Serengeti getting drunk on fermented fruit and it was set to classical music! It was hilarious and so was not the first time monkeys got drunk on fruit.

[CatHerd]

Now now, y’all laughing, but this is so sad! Where will these poor drunken chimps go now? Someone should start a charity to build them a Waffle House.

[beejaa]

I came here for the comments.

[Rockingham]

This will no doubt in time lead to a PhD thesis along the lines of: “The Deep Evolutionary Roots of the Fraternity Kegger.”

[OftheOhio]

What would Cheeta do? I ask myself that all the time. Cheeta always seemed to be laughing when the pygmies got their just rewards, lol.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheeta

[CatHerd]

Rofl! Good one! I still say they need a Waffle House. It’s where all the drunken frat boys ended up at 4am back when I was in college.

[wafflehouse]

This discovery raises intriguing questions about whether chimpanzees intentionally consume alcohol and what effects it might have on their behavior.

it takes a lot of years of education to be this stupid

[OftheOhio]

Waffle House was so much fun. Smothered, hehe.