Flower nectar often contains small amounts of alcohol, meaning pollinators like hummingbirds are drinking it all day long. Despite consuming human-equivalent amounts, they show no signs of ...

Flower nectar contains small amounts of alcohol, and animals like hummingbirds and bees consume it daily without harm.

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As bees and hummingbirds flit from flower to flower, greedily sipping nectar in exchange for pollination, the animals often get another treat: alcohol. In the first broad analysis of the alcohol ...

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Two rare black and rufous elephant shrew have been born in the UK for the first time, but are so tiny they weren't initially spotted by zookeepers. Weighing just 30g at birth, roughly the same as a ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. March 16 (UPI) --The Hertfordshire Zoo in England announced the births of two elephant shrew pups -- the very first of their ...

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