News Main Animals Archaeology Dinosaurs Earth History Human Animal Space Tech   Annette Zitzmann |   Heavy Drinker A pen-tailed tree shrew is shown wearing a radio collar. The clawed, big-eyed tree shrews were observed slurping up a beer-like brew from flowers of the bertam palm in the West Malaysian rainforest. The natural brew contains up to 3.8 percent alcohol, which is very close to the alcohol content of most human-manufactured beers.   « back to article

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