2010年4月24日 · On the Caribbean island of St. Kitts, alcoholic monkeys roam the beaches waiting for vacationers to leave their drinks. Yes, you read that right, there is an entire island of drunk monkeys: The green vervets were introduced to the island as pets in the 17th century when they were brought over with slaves from Africa.

2024年4月30日 · Today, green monkeys on St Kitts number 22000 to 37000 individuals, threatening to equal the human population, on an island of just 176 square kilometres! An animal this large in such high densities on a small island inevitably spells conflict: as early as the year 1700 they were considered pests, “extremely numerous and virtually unavoidable ...

2012年9月30日 · The clever green vervet monkeys of the St. Kitts Islands have virtually unlimited access to sugary alcoholic beverages; they either lay in wait for the dregs of deserted daquiris, or swoop...

2016年2月29日 · So, how did these monkeys become such big boozers? It began after they arrived in St. Kitts from Africa back in the 18 th & 19 th centuries. The land was dominated by sugarcane plantations and the animals quickly became hooked on the alcohol in fermented cane juice left out in the fields.

2003年9月1日 · Victoria Falls fell to the guerrillas of still-in-the-bush, soon to become the despotic, erratic head of state Robert Mugabe, so Ervin needed to find another population. By chance, a colleague at the Smithsonian Institution discovered an old green-monkey skin labelled “St. Kitts.” Ervin flew down to the island as soon as he could.

2009年12月18日 · The video below from a BBC documentary about the Vervets on St. Kitts talks about how the monkeys show similar percentages, compared to humans, of those who drink and do not drink, and of...

The vervet monkeys of St. Kitts and Turtle Beach like to slurp down alcoholic drinks -- and have a particular fondness for mixed rum cocktails and fruit drinks. Over 300 years ago, the vervet monkeys were brought to the Caribbean from West Africa, in the same timeframe as slaves were brought to serve in the rum industry.

ABC's 20/20 News story on drunk monkeys in St.Kitts. "Vervet monkeys are giving tourists and natives a run for their money in the vacation paradise of St. Kitts in the Caribbean. The monkeys raid local outdoor bars and steal rum cocktails, beer, soda, and fruit drinks from unsuspecting tourists dozing on their beach chairs.

The small, omnivorous vervets, also known as African green monkeys or Cercopithecus aethiops, are one of the few animal species that will voluntarily imbibe alcohol if it is offered to them. Originally imported as pets from west Africa to the islands of St. Kitts, Nevis and Barbados during the late 17th century, wild vervets were later said to ...

2012年9月30日 · The situation in St. Kitts—individual differences in alcohol preferences occurring “naturally” in a population—has provided a unique opportunity for researchers to examine the biological ...