I am not quite sure if this belongs in this thread or in the spider intelligence thread, but I suppose one could always move it as appropriate.
In regard to mammals such as elephants and baboons, among a few others IIRC, they have a propensity toward excess consumption of alcohol according to the documentary
Animals are Beautiful People by Jaime Uys:
Beautiful People (1974) - IMDb You may remember him as the later writer/director of the
Gods Must be Crazy films.
In the middle of the documentary, the creatures of the Kalahari annually congregate at a given area for a few weeks to imbibe of the fermented fruit and party down in the great tradition of college undergraduates. Results of such intoxication are quite similar to their human counterparts as we witness our primate kindred falling out of trees dead drunk while the elephants stumble along and trumpet something marginally resembling Irish pub songs.
It is an interesting example of animal plotting and planning indicating intelligence and convergent behavior among divergent species.
And I'll drink to that
Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider - Francis Bacon
The more we understand particular things, the more we understand God - Spinoza