Vervet monkey and George Bush

An eariler post discussed the intricacies of the blue-balls of vervet monkeys. These monkeys have a lot more in common with humans; hypertension, anxiety and alchoholism. Their alcoholic behavior has a startling parallels to human behaviour and is being studied as an animal model for alcoholism. Some of the similarities are....

1. They don’t have to be trained to drink alcohol.

2. They drink only alcohol when they have access and won’t stop till they have are intoxicated or in comatose state.

3. When a social drinker they prefer their drink with sweetened liquid.

4. Once heavy drinkers they prefer to drink with water and drink more during the day.

5. After a period of alcohol deprivation, they come back to the bottle with a vengeance and drink in 4 hours what they drink in 24 hours.

6. They drink local rum without any pairing or with sweet taste (yeah cocktails are for wussies).

7. They prefer to drink between 4 PM to 8 AM.

8. They drink to the point of heart, liver and intestinal damage.


Watch this clip, its pretty funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYuIYNaKynI