2009最新奇科学奖 Weird Science Awards
发布: 2009-2-18 21:14 | 作者: webmaster | 来源: 本站原创 | 查看: 114次
6.世界级酒徒树鼩 Tree shrew is world-class beer drinker
树鼩是世界级酒徒 Tree shrew is world-class beer drinker
树鼩确实是饮酒好手，研究人员发现，马来群岛的笔尾树鼩以一种四季都开花的玻淡棕榈的花蜜为食，这种食物与啤酒几乎差不多。玻淡棕榈的花蜜含有高达3.8%的酒精，但是这些小家伙从没表现出有喝醉的迹象。拜罗伊特大学的弗兰克·韦恩斯说：“如果我们能弄清楚这些动物‘饮酒不醉’的原因，或许我们就可以研发出一些特殊药物，用来帮助人们治疗酒精中毒。”
This is one party animal that can really hold its liquor: Researchers have found that the Malaysian pen-tailed tree shrew subsists on a diet roughly equivalent to 100 percent beer, drinking up the fermented nectar of the flower buds of the bertam palm plant. The nectar's alcohol content can go as high as 3.8 percent, but the animals never show signs of getting drunk. "If we can figure out why these animals are able to cope with it perhaps it could be used to develop medicines to help people deal with alcohol poisoning," the University of Bayreuth's Frank Wiens said.
树鼩是世界级酒徒 Tree shrew is world-class beer drinker
树鼩确实是饮酒好手，研究人员发现，马来群岛的笔尾树鼩以一种四季都开花的玻淡棕榈的花蜜为食，这种食物与啤酒几乎差不多。玻淡棕榈的花蜜含有高达3.8%的酒精，但是这些小家伙从没表现出有喝醉的迹象。拜罗伊特大学的弗兰克·韦恩斯说：“如果我们能弄清楚这些动物‘饮酒不醉’的原因，或许我们就可以研发出一些特殊药物，用来帮助人们治疗酒精中毒。”
This is one party animal that can really hold its liquor: Researchers have found that the Malaysian pen-tailed tree shrew subsists on a diet roughly equivalent to 100 percent beer, drinking up the fermented nectar of the flower buds of the bertam palm plant. The nectar's alcohol content can go as high as 3.8 percent, but the animals never show signs of getting drunk. "If we can figure out why these animals are able to cope with it perhaps it could be used to develop medicines to help people deal with alcohol poisoning," the University of Bayreuth's Frank Wiens said.
