Natasha Geiling: Can a Gorilla Really Get Drunk From Bamboo?

Smithsonian: few weeks back, the Internet went a little crazy over an image of a gorilla. In the photograph seen above, an imposing gorilla stands squarely before the camera, his brow furrowed. The alpha male, named Akarevuro, cocks his arm back with a clenched fist. Moments after the image was taken, the gorilla punched the photographer.

“Normally, they timidly avoid visitors when they move close, but not this time,” the injured party, veteran wildlife photographer Christophe Courteau, told Caters News Agency…

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