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[–] 21 points 8 months ago (10 children)

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?

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  • [–] 17 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    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

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    Parrots have been known to purposefully get drunk. I had a small type of parrot once and he would drink, I shared wine, beer, gin and tonic, and such, he would drink a bit then cut himself off after a certain amount, and would throw it around with his beak, but that's a thing with that breed they are known for throwing fruit off of trees for no apparent reason.

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  • [+] 7 points 8 months ago (5 children)
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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago* (5 children)

    How do they collect wild chimp urine for testing?

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    By holding a bag below them when they pee or pipetted from pooled urine on leaf litter

    Full quote:

    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

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    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.

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    [–] 4 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    so, who is collecting the monkey piss ? and do they put that on their immigration card as to "purpose of visit" when they arrive or are they engaging locals to collect the monkey piss ? Is there a LinkedIn job description ? how do they advertise for the position ?

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Here you go:

    "That thankless task fell to Aleksey Maro, a UCB graduate student who spent last summer in Ngogo, sleeping in trees—protected from the constant streams by an umbrella—to collect urine samples. Sharifah Namaganda, an Ugandan graduate student at the University of Michigan, showed him how to make shallow bowls out of plastic bags hung on forked twigs for more efficient collection. He also collected samples from puddles of urine on the forest floor."

    https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/boozy-chimps-fail-urine-test-confirm-hotly-debated-theory/

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    When asked to participate in Karaoke, all the drunk apes rate their ability to sing higher than it actually was.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    I hope someone took their keys.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    Like they aren't dangerous enough.

    And how does one collect wild chimp urine? "Here, Bobo! In the cup! In the cup, boy! No, not on your sister! In the cup!"

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