Hi loyal readers!
Just an little update from me, letting you know that I do indeed still exist and I have not been sucked up into space because I forgot my towel, or something like that. I have been unable to update my blog for a number of reasons, however, the great majority of them are just excuses. So an apology to my loyal readers, who have been drooling for an update, and a new post to stop that salivating.
My life has been busy with the new school year starting, bringing classes, homework, and above all midterms. I have a exam every day this week, so you can kind of imagine how much work I have been doing (even though I have time to write this blog post). I have entered a Warhammer tournament, of which I am now in the finals for, I have joined an environmental group of campus devoted to sustainability, and a myriad of other time-consuming activities.
So my topic today is of course something of dire ecological significance: alcoholic monkeys of course! Recently, I have discovered that in St. Kitts in the Caribbean, there is a species of vervet monkey that actually consumes alcohol on a regular basis. Yes, these monkeys get drunk. And they seem to prefer leaders that actually get drunk. So as the commentator put it in his dry, monotone voice, "It seems they prefer leaders who like monkeying around."
So what does this say about humans? Well, one would think that monkey leaders could hold their alcohol better than humans. That is not the case. There have actually been more than a couple world disputes solved when humans have been drunk. So it would probably be safe to say that humans are closer to monkeys that we would care to admit.
-AFR
