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Alcohol discrimination and preferences in two species of nectar-feeding primate

Recent reports suggest that dietary ethanol, or alcohol, is a supplemental source of calories for some primates. For example, slow lorises (Nycticebus coucang) consume fermented nectars with a mean alcohol concentration of 0.6% (range: 0.0–3.8%). A similar behaviour is hypothesized for aye-ayes (Dau...

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Autores principales: Gochman, Samuel R., Brown, Michael B., Dominy, Nathaniel J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4968469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27493777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160217