Posted on 07/29/2008 6:22:11 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Shrew identified as world's hardest drinking creature
Pen-tailed shrews imbibe, weight for weigth, nine glasses of wine a day
Lewis Smith, Environment Reporter
A tropical shrew with a taste for alcoholic nectar has been identified as the hardest-drinking creature in the world.
Their capacity to hold their drink and keep a clear head, however, puts human boozers to shame. After a night supping at the jungle bar the shrews are not even unsteady on their feet, let alone being copiously sick or starting drunken fights.
They get their drinks from bertam palms, which grow in the jungles of West Malaysia and produce nectar boasting an alcohol content that can match beer.
The strength of the nectar varies but it is sufficiently loaded for the shrews to be drunk every three nights if they got inebriated as easily as people.
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Hillary?
And they used to make fun of George Bush drinking!
Hill:
Waa—all, it looooks luh-ike we gonn’ take shum of
yooooooor moneeee, and give it toooo otherrrrrrs...
did ah real-eeee say thattttt?
FReepers are really slipping! Twenty-something posts and nobody’s pinged our own yet... ;-)
ping ;-]
I was thinking Fat Teddy
TS
Hard-drinking? I thought the headline said hard-WORKING! (At least that’s the story I’m sticking to, LOL!)
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