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Warpy

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3. Of critters who can tolerate alcohol, 15% seems to be the number set into DNA stone

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Apr 2, 2022, 10:24 PM

Apr 2022

about which proportion will run into trouble with it. That as true for rodents as it is for birds and primates. Oh, and dogs, a glass of beer wasn't safe around one dog I had, you needed to drink out of the bottle.

I imagine the wild primates in that 15% probably look forward to fermented fruit season, hoard it, overdo it, and are grumpy as hell for the rest of the year until it rolls around again.

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Monkeys Love Boozy Fruit, Which May Explain Our Weakness For Alcohol [View all] Judi Lynn Apr 2022 OP

Bonzo gets a buzz! Girard442 Apr 2022 #1

Once I ate a pineapple out of a field in Hawaii, it was so ripe we got high on it, no kidding Walleye Apr 2022 #2

Of critters who can tolerate alcohol, 15% seems to be the number set into DNA stone Warpy Apr 2022 #3