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    Alcoholic Vervet Monkeys! - Weird Nature - BBC animals

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    2 HN recommenders · recommended in 3 months, 2014–2021

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    3:21 · 11M views · Jan 26, 2009

    A BBC Weird Nature clip about vervet monkeys in the Caribbean that drink alcohol, and how they split into heavy drinkers, social drinkers and teetotalers.

    HN shares it as an amusing parallel to human drinking habits and as a possible window into addiction.

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    3 comments from Hacker News

    1. @chvidSep 2014· in “Poll: Are you a drinker or a teetotaler?”

      On a side note; the distribution of alcohol habits in humans matches that of monkeys showing that our liking of alcohol is determined mostly by our genes. For more insight into this, watch this video from BBC Worldwide: this video Which may also the best 3-minute video on youtube ever.

      Strongly recommendsView on HN
    2. @zappo2938Feb 2021· in “I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem”

      This video about our primate cousins, the alcoholic vervet monkeys in St. Kitts, might give some insight into addiction. [0] [0] this video

      RecommendsView on HN
    3. @hmslnFeb 2017· in “Were Early Modern People Perpetually Drunk? (2016)”

      Actually, some monkeys develop alcohol dependence in the wild (they get their alcohol from ripe fermenting fruits). Source: [LINK] Here's also an extract from a BBC Nature documentary: this video Apparently, the monkeys are divided among heavy drinkers, occasional drinkers or teetootalers in proportions that are roughly equal to those among human beings.

      CitesView on HN