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Alcohol "abundant" in the natural world says report

What do elephants, spider monkeys, cedar waxwing birds and even fruit flies have in common?
There's scientific evidence that they're just some of the animals that are found to consume alcohol -- or ethanol -- in the natural world.
A team at the University of Exeter has been documenting the trend.
Lead author of the study Anna Bowland spoke to Newshour

(picture: artists impression of brain cells of a fruit fly; credit - FlyWire/Princeton University/PA)

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