So do all wild mammals that live near fruit bearing trees I’m sure. That’s kind of the gig. It’s not like they’re cultivating their food or checking for spoilage. They’re opportunistic feeders, so fruit on the ground that isn’t overly spoiled is going to be a meal.
Ever seen drunk Deer or Moose?
Bees get drunk all the time on fermented fruit. Hives even have rules to not let drunk bees back in the hive until they sober up
I have the same rule at my house. Those little fuckers get too rowdy when they are drunk.
My thoughts exactly. Grandparents had an apple tree that hung over the neighbors yard and dropped apples, which rotted and fermented. The neighbor’s donkey would eat them up all the time and get blitzed off his ass.
Ever seen a drunk deer or moose
I have not. But please go on
Poor guys probably don’t even realize what’s going on
Just go to the next big city this weekend. lots of stag parties going on
1974 documentary “Animals Are Beautiful People” had a scene where various african animals get drunk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBUwKBrNgm8
When asked to participate in Karaoke, all the drunk apes rate their ability to sing higher than it actually was.
How do they collect wild chimp urine for testing?
By holding a bag below them when they pee or pipetted from pooled urine on leaf litter
Urine from individually identified chimpanzees was collected opportunistically and non-invasively using a pipette from fresh and dry leaf litter. Chimpanzees predictably urinate just prior to leaving a fruit crop and can often be seen preparing to do so by climbing to a lower branch of a tree. Urination on the ground is often accompanied by defaecation, and in these cases, urine was pipetted from pools in the leaf litter opposite the faeces. Samples were only collected on dry days, since rainwater on understory leaves cannot be visually differentiated from urine. Urine may also be collected directly from underneath urinating chimpanzees by holding out a clean disposable plastic bag placed over the end of a forked branch; urine samples collected from leaf litter were previously shown not to significantly affect measured hormone levels relative to samples collected using a plastic bag
Imagine spending weeks in the jungle holding a camouflaged urine collection bag under a chimpanzee while also dodging falling chimpanzee shit. What a life.
No standups, no Workday goals, just nature. And piss. And flying shit. What a lucky guy.
carefully
I assume they’d use a urine cup
I hope someone took their keys.
