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To: Joe Btfsplk who wrote (70083)	8/3/2008 11:51:29 PM
From: Snowshoe	of 74559

Speaking of imbibing primates... Tiny Tree Shrew Is World's Heaviest Drinker foxnews.com The discovery is particularly intriguing because tree shrews, though themselves not primates, are believed to be very similar to the last common ancestor of all living primates. The researchers hypothesize that this ancestor may have consumed alcohol at moderate or high levels, which could explain why humans have some tolerance for alcohol. In the case of the tree shrews, the animals could have developed the ability to handle high volumes of alcohol because the bertam palm was the best source of food available in their habitat.

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