Drunk as a Monkey
A recent study published in Methods, has found that monkeys emulate humans on being drunkity-drunk-drunk when under stress – namely, when they’re housed alone or after a long stressful day of animal testing.As one researcher put it, "It was not unusual to see some of the monkeys stumble and fall, sway, and vomit," He added. "In a few of our heavy drinkers, they would drink until they fell asleep" (feel free to giggle uncontrollably at this notion).
What is particularly interesting about this study is the differences in male and female drinking patterns:
- Females who were alone more often than not drank more, as opposed to their more “social” counterparts.
Translation: A depressed Bridget-Jones-like monkey is a drunk monkey. - Non-dominant females and most male monkeys tended to out-drink the others in general.
Translation: Ballsy females may not drink as much if they have to compete over it. - In males, researchers saw a general increase in booze consumption immediately after the testing hours ended.
Translation: Boys are booze-hounds, especially after a rough day.
Sounds like the average happy hour scene at any New York City pub.
No wonder we share so many chromosomes…
Drunk Monkeys Mirror People (Discovery News)
posted by Lisa @ 3:28 PM
5 Comments:
Drunk monkey...that's funny. It sounds like a slang word. "Last night, I was as drunk as a monkey!"
Btw, Ivy On Hudson is relaunched. Finally!!!
I can't stop giggling, picturing a group of drunk monkeys hugging each other and telling each other (in monkey speak), "I love you man!"
how come they didnt say anything about scratching ourselves?
whooooaaaa i just noticed i wasn't in the link section
*scratch*
wtf
haha! so apparently i'm more of a monkey than just my chinese zodiac sign...
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