Pen-tailed treeshrews in Malaysia gorge themselves on the flowers of the bertam palm, which contain fermented nectar of up to 3.8 per cent alcohol.
生活在马来西亚的树鼩有着细长的尾巴，以玻淡棕榈的花蜜为食，这种花蜜含有3.8%的酒精成分。
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Unlike their distant human relatives, however, treeshrews quickly metabolise most of the alcohol they consume into a by-product called ethyl glucuronide (EtG).
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