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Nature, Alcohol 

"Pen-tailed treeshrews are the only known mammals that consume alcohol every night, other than humans. According to a study of treeshrews in Malaysia, they spend several hours per night consuming the equivalent of 10 to 12 glasses of wine with an alcohol content up to 3.8% drinking naturally fermented nectar of the bertam palm. This nectar contains one of the highest alcohol concentrations of all natural foods. Pen-tailed treeshrews frequently consume large amounts of this nectar while showing no signs of intoxication."

*DDG's 'pen-tailed treeshrew'*

*looks at*

*rereads*

"10 to 12 glasses of wine [per night]"

*looks at again*

..What the heck, pen-tailed treeshrew?

(It seems they just metabolise ethanol really, *really* well)

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