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Wild Chimps Seen Drinking Alcoholic Beverage
發(fā)現(xiàn)：野生黑猩猩飲用酒精飲料
Chimpanzees. They’re much like us genetically, anatomically and, as it turns out, cocktailogically. Because we finally have solid evidence that chimps drink alcohol. So say researchers who have observed wild chimpanzees throw back fermented tree sap. The findings are served up in the Royal Society journal Open Science.
黑猩猩。它們?cè)诨蚍矫?、解剖學(xué)方面跟人類非常像?，F(xiàn)在事實(shí)證明，在飲酒方面也是如此。我們終于掌握了黑猩猩喝酒的確鑿證據(jù)——觀察到野生黑猩猩扔回發(fā)酵樹液的研究人員如是說(shuō)。這項(xiàng)研究結(jié)果發(fā)表于英國(guó)皇家學(xué)會(huì)期刊《開放科學(xué)》。
\Some biologists think that the reason we humans like adult beverages is because our primate ancestors were partial to super ripe fruits, which are high in calories and often in ethanol. But there’s one big problem with this so-called drunken monkey hypothesis: apes had not really been seen downing alcohol in the wild. That is, until now.
一些生物學(xué)家認(rèn)為，人類喜愛成人飲料是因?yàn)槲覀兊淖嫦取`長(zhǎng)類動(dòng)物比較偏愛過(guò)熟的水果，而過(guò)熟的水果富含熱量且時(shí)常含有乙醇。不過(guò)關(guān)于所謂的“醉猴假說(shuō)”還有一個(gè)大巨大的疑問：野生猩猩還未被發(fā)現(xiàn)過(guò)有在野外飲用酒飲的現(xiàn)象。而那只是，到現(xiàn)在為止。
The researchers were studying chimps in Bossou, west Africa. In this region, people tap palm trees and allow the collected sap to ferment in small plastic containers, which they cover with leaves to prevent contamination.
研究人員在西非的博蘇地區(qū)研究黑猩猩。在該地區(qū)，人們會(huì)取用棕櫚樹樹液并使收集的汁液在小塑料容器里發(fā)酵，他們通常會(huì)用樹葉覆蓋塑料容器來(lái)防止污染。
Turns out, for chimps who hanker hooch, the leaves are like the straw in a banana daiquiri—the apes take the leaves, crumple them up, dip them in the sap and then suck them dry.
結(jié)果證明，對(duì)于那些渴望烈酒的黑猩猩來(lái)說(shuō)，那些樹葉就像一杯香蕉達(dá)其利里的吸管——黑猩猩會(huì)拿起樹葉，把它弄彎，然后把它放到樹液里利用它把樹液吸干。
The drinkers were mostly male, shockingly, accounting for 34 of the 51 bouts of boozing observed, and they’d consume a couple of liters of the fermented brew each time they bellied up to the bar. I mean tree.
“令人震驚的”是飲酒者大多是雄性，在觀察到的51次飲酒事件中雄性占34次。每次爬到酒吧——我是指樹上，它們都會(huì)消耗幾公升發(fā)酵的酒釀。
Whether chimps are simply taking advantage of an easily acquired, calorie-rich liquid or they especially enjoy the sap’s sweet flavor—or intoxicating effects—is not known. But the questions call for another round—of research.
那黑猩猩到底是僅想享用一種易得的、高熱量的飲品，還是特別喜歡樹液的甜味，又或者是它們喜歡樹液醉人的效果，我們就不得而知了。不過(guò)這個(gè)問題又引來(lái)了另一輪的——研究。
Wild Chimps Seen Drinking Alcoholic Beverage
發(fā)現(xiàn)：野生黑猩猩飲用酒精飲料
Chimpanzees. They’re much like us genetically, anatomically and, as it turns out, cocktailogically. Because we finally have solid evidence that chimps drink alcohol. So say researchers who have observed wild chimpanzees throw back fermented tree sap. The findings are served up in the Royal Society journal Open Science.
黑猩猩。它們?cè)诨蚍矫?、解剖學(xué)方面跟人類非常像?，F(xiàn)在事實(shí)證明，在飲酒方面也是如此。我們終于掌握了黑猩猩喝酒的確鑿證據(jù)——觀察到野生黑猩猩扔回發(fā)酵樹液的研究人員如是說(shuō)。這項(xiàng)研究結(jié)果發(fā)表于英國(guó)皇家學(xué)會(huì)期刊《開放科學(xué)》。
\Some biologists think that the reason we humans like adult beverages is because our primate ancestors were partial to super ripe fruits, which are high in calories and often in ethanol. But there’s one big problem with this so-called drunken monkey hypothesis: apes had not really been seen downing alcohol in the wild. That is, until now.
一些生物學(xué)家認(rèn)為，人類喜愛成人飲料是因?yàn)槲覀兊淖嫦取`長(zhǎng)類動(dòng)物比較偏愛過(guò)熟的水果，而過(guò)熟的水果富含熱量且時(shí)常含有乙醇。不過(guò)關(guān)于所謂的“醉猴假說(shuō)”還有一個(gè)大巨大的疑問：野生猩猩還未被發(fā)現(xiàn)過(guò)有在野外飲用酒飲的現(xiàn)象。而那只是，到現(xiàn)在為止。
The researchers were studying chimps in Bossou, west Africa. In this region, people tap palm trees and allow the collected sap to ferment in small plastic containers, which they cover with leaves to prevent contamination.
研究人員在西非的博蘇地區(qū)研究黑猩猩。在該地區(qū)，人們會(huì)取用棕櫚樹樹液并使收集的汁液在小塑料容器里發(fā)酵，他們通常會(huì)用樹葉覆蓋塑料容器來(lái)防止污染。
Turns out, for chimps who hanker hooch, the leaves are like the straw in a banana daiquiri—the apes take the leaves, crumple them up, dip them in the sap and then suck them dry.
結(jié)果證明，對(duì)于那些渴望烈酒的黑猩猩來(lái)說(shuō)，那些樹葉就像一杯香蕉達(dá)其利里的吸管——黑猩猩會(huì)拿起樹葉，把它弄彎，然后把它放到樹液里利用它把樹液吸干。
The drinkers were mostly male, shockingly, accounting for 34 of the 51 bouts of boozing observed, and they’d consume a couple of liters of the fermented brew each time they bellied up to the bar. I mean tree.
“令人震驚的”是飲酒者大多是雄性，在觀察到的51次飲酒事件中雄性占34次。每次爬到酒吧——我是指樹上，它們都會(huì)消耗幾公升發(fā)酵的酒釀。
Whether chimps are simply taking advantage of an easily acquired, calorie-rich liquid or they especially enjoy the sap’s sweet flavor—or intoxicating effects—is not known. But the questions call for another round—of research.
那黑猩猩到底是僅想享用一種易得的、高熱量的飲品，還是特別喜歡樹液的甜味，又或者是它們喜歡樹液醉人的效果，我們就不得而知了。不過(guò)這個(gè)問題又引來(lái)了另一輪的——研究。