The Week contest: Drinking chimps
This week's question: Wild chimpanzees have for the first time been filmed getting drunk together on fermented breadfruit, suggesting humans aren't the only primates who use alcohol to aid social bonding. If David Attenborough were to make a wildlife documentary about these booze-loving simians, what would it be titled?
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THE WINNER: "Brew Planet"
Benjamin Winter, Richmond, Virginia
SECOND PLACE: "Stumble in the Jungle"
Moe Cougher, Olathe, Kansas
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THIRD PLACE: "The Missing Clink"
Larry Rifkin, Glastonbury, Connecticut
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Nightcap for Bonzo"
Joyce Salter, La Crescenta, California
"Planet Earth: Last Call"
Mark Miller, Los Angeles, California
"Rosé of the Planet of the Apes"
Peter Gordon, Great Neck, New York
"Drunky Kong"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas, Texas
"It's Breadfruit Time Somewhere"
Ivan Kershner, Salem, South Carolina
"Gorillas in the Midst of Happy Hour"
John Bregoli, Weymouth, Massachusetts
"Monkey See, Monkey Brew"
Scott Ludwig, Senoia, Georgia
"A Bottle for Bonzo"
Laurie Johnson, Harpswell, Maine
"Planet Earth 3 (Sheets to the Wind)"
Jesse Rifkin, Arlington, Virginia
"Spirit Animals"
Alan Martin, Park Ridge, Illinois
"Search for the Missing Drink"
John Keefe, Mount Vernon, Washington
"Curious George's Lost Weekend"
Garth Anderson, Bedford Hills, New York
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