Pen-tailed treeshrew. (Ptilocercus lowii) Do not let the adorable fluffyness of this guy fool y
Pen-tailed treeshrew. (Ptilocercus lowii) Do not let the adorable fluffyness of this guy fool you. He is HARD. CORE. The pen-tailed treeshrew is the only known wild mammal that chronically (i.e., on the reg.) consumes alcohol. OH and not just a quick sip and he’s heading back home, OH NO NO NO MY FRIEND - a study of the treeshrew in Malaysia found that it spends several hours consuming the equivalent of 10 to 12 glasses of wine with an alcohol content of up to 3.8% every night drinking naturally fermented nectar of the bertam palm. AND IT DOESN’T END THERE. After it’s night of INSANE drinking, you’d obviously expect it to be a tad wobbly to say the least… NO. THIS GUY AIN’T NO LIGHTWEIGHT PAL. The pen-tailed treeshrew shows no signs of intoxication. At. All. At only 13cm high, the pen-tailed treeshrew could - pound for pound - drink most humans under the table. EVERY. NIGHT. Slow clap it out, guys. Slow clap it out. Image. -- source link
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