Animals that get more drunk: You know how everyone always seems to have stories about “this one guy” who can mix his liquor and still not get drunk? Next time anyone brings it up, tell them about the Malaysian pen tailed shrew. Not much to look at, but this little critter will drink most frat boys under the table. About the size of a small rat, the shrew consumes fermented palm nectar from the Bertam palm. Every night.
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For at least two hours straight.
And this isn’t some weak alco-pop mixer; the concentration of the alcohol produced is recorded at 3.8%. Despite its size, the shrew drinks the equivalent of 12 glasses of wine every night.
Can you beat that?
For a long time, we assumed that drinking and drug taking were strictly human vices. Turns out that animals have been getting wasted for years. It even gets more interesting when you learn the creative ways they do this.
We’ve found animals that just love to get blitzed. Do you think you can keep up?
10. Big Cat Catnip
Among Amazonian tribes, the vine of the Banisteriopsis caapi is used to prepare Ayahuasca, which is consumed as a hallucinogen. But jaguars have been observed licking and chewing the leaves too.
Its effect on them is similar to the effect that catnip has on domestic cats. Jaguars that nibble on B. caapi seem to become mellow, almost playful and exhibit kittenish behavior. The harmala alkaloids in the vine inhibit the activity of monoamine oxidase, which leads to altered serotonin levels. Symptoms of Ayahuasca use in the big cats include a stumbling walk, dilated pupils, a slowed heart rate, rapid breathing and drooling.
They usually sleep off the episode until the next time.
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