Chimps love getting drunk and down equivalent of two glasses of wine every day

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, say the ethanol in many species of fruit that chimpanzees eat means that alcohol is a regular part of their diet Two male chimpanzees eating the plum-like fruit of the evergreen Parinari excelsa tree in the Ivory Coast (Image: Aleksey Maro /UC Berkeley /SWNS)

Boozy chimps down the equivalent of two glasses of wine every day in their native habitat, according to new research. ‌

A survey of the ethanol content of fruits eaten by the primates suggests they are “chronically exposed” to alcohol, say American scientists. ‌

The first-ever measurements of the ethanol content of fruits available to chimpanzees in their native African habitat showed that they could “easily” consume the equivalent of more than two standard al