10.6M views · Jan 26, 2009 · 3:21 · 2 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2014–2021
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.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN shares it as an amusing parallel to human drinking habits and as a possible window into addiction.
“might give some insight into addiction.”HN comment, 2021
“Which may also the best 3-minute video on youtube ever.”
Monkeys' drinking habits mirror human distribution.
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.
“might give some insight into addiction.”
Alcoholic vervet monkeys may give insight into addiction.
This video about our primate cousins, the alcoholic vervet monkeys in St. Kitts, might give some insight into addiction. [0] [0] this video
“Here's also an extract from a BBC Nature documentary”
BBC extract showing monkeys' drinking categories.
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.
