A West African chimp (Pan troglodytes verus) uses a leaf sponge to steal drinks from a palm tree sap container. This species can get intoxicated on the fermented sap. Learn more: https://www.livescience.com/51146-chimps-get-drunk.html

Credit: Miho Nakamura, Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University, Japan, Kimberley J Hockings, Oxford Brookes University, UK, Centre for Research in Anthropology, Portugal


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