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Drunk Birds? How Ethanol From Fermented Fruit Affects Wildlife

The relaxed feeling you get after a cold beer or a glass of wine is down to the ethanol content of the beverage. This is a naturally occurring substance produced by the fermentation of sugars. For ...
People

Chimpanzees May Consume the Equivalent of 2 Alcoholic Beverages a Day from Fermented Fruit, According to a New Study

One of the study's authors notes this may be a "conservative" estimate Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in places like ...
U.S. News & World Report

New Study Links Apes' Fermented Fruit Habit to Human Alcohol Metabolism

New Study Links Apes' Fermented Fruit Habit to Human Alcohol Metabolism By Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay ReporterSUNDAY, Aug. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Scientists suspect African apes’ historic ...
Yahoo

Wild chimps sharing ‘boozy’ fruit caught on camera for the first time

Motion-activated cameras spotted the chimps sharing this fermented fruit on 10 separate occasions. In the study, a research team set up cameras in Cantanhez National Park, a 408-square mile-wide ...
New York Post

Animals ‘likely’ get ‘drunk’ on a regular basis — and it may not be a bad thing, scientists say

Talk about monkey business. There are naturally growing elements of nature that animals may be getting drunk on inadvertently. michalcbf6 - stock.adobe.com They really do go bananas. New research ...
CNN

Chimpanzees may consume equivalent of 1 alcoholic drink a day from fermented fruit, study finds

Chimpanzees may consume the equivalent of about one alcoholic drink per day due to the ethanol contained within the fruit they eat, according to a new study. Understanding this behavior of our closest ...
USA Today

Party animals? Chimps consume the equivalent of nearly 2 cocktails daily, study says

Alcohol can make you woozy and nauseous when you drink too much, but why do humans love it? Wild chimpanzees may hold the answer. Chimps could be eating enough fermented fruit each day and consuming ...
Yahoo

Party animals: Chimpanzees caught on camera sharing alcoholic fruit

April 22 (UPI) --A team of British researchers studying chimpanzees in West Africa said they have documented the primates eating and sharing alcoholic fruit. The University of Exeter team said cameras ...
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GSN review: ShareSwiss fermented fruits and beverage

Fermentation is known to be beneficial to promote good bacteria, and therefore improves the immune system, makes macronutrients more easily digested, and increases bioavailability of important ...
The Times Herald

BeatBox Beverages Zero Sugar Offering Becomes Among The First Fermented Fruit Beverage Products in Pennsylvania To Be Sold Through Beer Distributors

AUSTIN, Texas, April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — BeatBox Beverages, the fastest selling ready-to-drink (RTD) brand in the U.S. market, announced this week with the launch of its Zero Sugar BeatBox, it will ...
New York Post

Squirrel gets drunk off fermented fruit in Minnesota backyard

A squirrel gets tipsy after eating fermented pears that were left outside. PiggyGirl2010 via Youtube This squirrel’s drunk as a skunk. A boozehound rodent was caught looking hilariously wobbly after ...