From my Mom's favorite publication, SMITHSONIAN Magazine, Oct 2008: "Pen-tailed tree shrews [one pictured above...cute!] and at least six other small mammals in Malaysia imbibe naturally fermented bertam palm flower nectar, which is up to 3.8 percent alcohol, like beer. The animals are the only ones (aside from humans) known to drink regularly, say the researchers, from Germany and elsewhere, who saw no 'motor incoordination or other behavioral signs of inebriation.' The animals appear to have a high alcohol tolerance."
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