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Humans aren't more attracted to ethanol than other mammals which do not regularly consume fruit. Give a dog or a horse or a goat or a racoon some booze and it'l

Humans aren't more attracted to ethanol than other mammals which do not regularly consume fruit. Give a dog or a horse or a goat or a racoon some booze and it'll be back for more (don't actually do this).

umeshunni 4y ago
Elephants are known to get drunk and attack villages. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/03/elephants-drunken-rampage-india https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2010/...
- itisit 4y ago
  Talk about a tragicomedy! Thanks for sharing.
- gregw134 4y ago
  Fyi that link is broken for me.
  - tomxor 4y ago
    Yeah weirdly redirects to a favicon [edit] Oh some weird google amp prefix, what is this supposed to do? here's the real link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/03/elephants-drunken-rampage-india https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/03/elephants-drun...
- highwaylights 4y ago
  But that’s elephants for you. Let them get a couple of pints in and they’re just a pack of 10,000 lb hooligans.
coldtea 4y ago
>Humans aren't more attracted to ethanol than other mammals which do not regularly consume fruit Well, it's not about attraction "given the chance", but about persistent attraction. In other words, "other mammals" might also by chance consume alcohol (or ripe fermented fruit) and get drunk and like it, but they didn't pursue it actively or have alcoholics...
- CodeSgt 4y ago
  Other mammals aren't intelligent enough to do so.
  - coldtea 4y ago
    Well, the theory mentioned above is that this is not a coincident, but a causual relationship (perhaps through a self-reinforcing feedback mechanism): that humans got "intelligent enough to do so" (and further progressed way above that level) by being prone enough to do so
  - astrange 4y ago
    Mammals are pretty good at causal inference when it gets them fed. Guinea pigs' #1 priority in life is screaming when they hear you open the fridge.
- yarg 4y ago
  Go hang out with some monkeys (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSm7BcQHWXk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSm7BcQHWXk).
- spfzero 4y ago
  How would you know that? I don't disagree, because I don't know either. But I consider that you might know, and I don't know how that would occur. Curious.
- type0 4y ago
  I don't think it's true for more intelligent animals like pigs https://sivertimes.com/tame-wild-boar-in-poland-went-on-a-bender-and-come-home-drunk/84090 https://sivertimes.com/tame-wild-boar-in-poland-went-on-a-be...
tsol 4y ago
Even fruit flies can get drunk.
highwaylights 4y ago
> don’t actually do this Don’t make me so curious to test your hypothesis then.

umeshunni 4y ago

Elephants are known to get drunk and attack villages. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/03/elephants-drunken-rampage-india https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2010/...

itisit 4y ago
Talk about a tragicomedy! Thanks for sharing.
gregw134 4y ago
Fyi that link is broken for me.
- tomxor 4y ago
  Yeah weirdly redirects to a favicon [edit] Oh some weird google amp prefix, what is this supposed to do? here's the real link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/03/elephants-drunken-rampage-india https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/03/elephants-drun...
highwaylights 4y ago
But that’s elephants for you. Let them get a couple of pints in and they’re just a pack of 10,000 lb hooligans.

coldtea 4y ago

>Humans aren't more attracted to ethanol than other mammals which do not regularly consume fruit Well, it's not about attraction "given the chance", but about persistent attraction. In other words, "other mammals" might also by chance consume alcohol (or ripe fermented fruit) and get drunk and like it, but they didn't pursue it actively or have alcoholics...

CodeSgt 4y ago
Other mammals aren't intelligent enough to do so.
- coldtea 4y ago
  Well, the theory mentioned above is that this is not a coincident, but a causual relationship (perhaps through a self-reinforcing feedback mechanism): that humans got "intelligent enough to do so" (and further progressed way above that level) by being prone enough to do so
- astrange 4y ago
  Mammals are pretty good at causal inference when it gets them fed. Guinea pigs' #1 priority in life is screaming when they hear you open the fridge.
yarg 4y ago
Go hang out with some monkeys (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSm7BcQHWXk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSm7BcQHWXk).
spfzero 4y ago
How would you know that? I don't disagree, because I don't know either. But I consider that you might know, and I don't know how that would occur. Curious.
type0 4y ago
I don't think it's true for more intelligent animals like pigs https://sivertimes.com/tame-wild-boar-in-poland-went-on-a-bender-and-come-home-drunk/84090 https://sivertimes.com/tame-wild-boar-in-poland-went-on-a-be...

tsol 4y ago

Even fruit flies can get drunk.

highwaylights 4y ago

> don’t actually do this Don’t make me so curious to test your hypothesis then.