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Alcoholic Vervet Monkeys! - Weird Nature - BBC animals

BBC Studios · documentary · Watch on YouTube

Animals & nature

What it is

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 recommends it

HN shares it as an amusing parallel to human drinking habits and as a possible window into addiction.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “Which may also the best 3-minute video on youtube ever.”

    Monkeys' drinking habits mirror human distribution.

    chvid, 2014-09 · Strong recommendation · in “Poll: Are you a drinker or a teetotaler?”

  2. “might give some insight into addiction.”

    Alcoholic vervet monkeys may give insight into addiction.

    zappo2938, 2021-02 · Recommendation · in “I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: vervet monkeys, alcohol, bbc nature, addiction, animal behavior

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