A ratlike animal that spends his life drinking
July 30, 2008
That’s right, scientists just found an animal that spends his whole life consuming alcohol. That animal is a pen-tailed tree shrew (Ptilocercus lowii) which is a small ratlike animal that inhabits the jungles of Southeast Asia.
The pen-tailed tree shrew feeds on nectar of an ever flowering plant, the bertam palm, which is also the [...]
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