Suddenly it is "that" season.
I go out looking completely normal - or normal for me. anyway - yet, on the way back, my fingers are become reddened in response to a host of wanton, beckoning berries. Stray pips, or not yet ripened red cells, throb annoyingly from the spaces they have discovered, and slid inside between my teeth. And also, because the best berries are always nearest to the sharpest thorns, my fingers, too, are tingling
31-Jul-2025
How ‘#scrumping’ #apes may have given us a taste for #alcohol
To guide more research, a Dartmouth-led paper coins a new term for apes' fondness for ripe fallen #fruit.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1093139
#science #evolution #ecology #humans #ethanol #metabolism #alcoholDehydrogenase
A new paper led by Dartmouth and University of St Andrews researchers coins the word “scrumping” to describe the fondness African apes have for eating ripe fruit from the forest floor. Though recent research has identified this behavior as a possible driver in the evolution of humans’ ability to metabolize alcohol, it has not been studied separately. They propose scrumping — which describes the act of gathering windfallen apples — to distinguish this behavior for future study, including understanding how much ethanol apes consume through “scrumped” fruit.
#ScrumptiousSaturday!
All I could fit in my pockets, but will go back for more if they work out 😋
#SweetChestnuts #Esskastanien
#Scrumping #Mundraub
#Autumn #Herbst #Nature
#LudwellValleyPark #Exeter
freetobeme
michael
Clare Bryden