Damned if I didn't misread that as "Mountain Dew" at first...

So they've been drinking water since 2013?

As far as we know...yes

How often did they drink water after 2013 or was that the only time?

Well, someone is drinking it.

They have to wash down their hot pockets with something

So is it thought they weren't observed, or that they didn't do it?

Wonder what changed.

Since the 60's mountain Gorillas are very closely monitored and observed for research and conservation purposes. If they've rarely been observed do it it, its safe to conclude it rarely happens.

Today I found my spirit animal.

That's how I get my hydration.

Wildcats also get most of their water from the meat they eat. Providing water dishes for your house cats is really only necessary because we feed them such strong diets of dry food. Delta why you should feed your cats wet food, preventing a lot of kidney diseases from a life of being under hydrated

Only then for the one calendar year.

yeah well they dont sweat and probably have a lot higher % water in the solid food they eat so kinda makes sense. still kinda weird cause water is so essential

Water? Never touch the stuff. Fish fuck in it.

I drank a few beers with one once. Always had to be poured into a glass.

r/hydrohomies in shambles right now

They're surrounded by wet leaves all day, and they eat leaves that are full of water and also covered in water. They're getting plenty of water, they just don't have to go stick their face in a river to drink it

So morning dew isn’t water?

Some primatology is shockingly recent. Jane Goodall commented how before she started her research into chimps in the late 1950s, only a couple of scientists had actually observed chimps in the wild, only briefly, and none of them up close.

They’re not actively drinking it. It’s just on the leaves they eat.

> Providing water dishes for your house cats is really only necessary because we feed them such strong diets of dry food.

I guess this explains why my families old outdoor cat just never drank water lol

Humans can too, you should try it.

So if I put whisky on a leaf and suck it up, I’m not an alcoholic anymore?

how do you pour a gorilla into a glass?

Me thinking they consume the dew like ants on a stick

Koalas are the same. Well, not the same, but they also don’t usually need to drink water and get water from the leaves they eat. The word “koala” comes from a word in the Australian Aboriginal Dharug language gula, meaning no water.

Bushfire and extreme weather does sometimes drive them to seek water.

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Sounds like an adaptation to avoid parasites and water borne bacteria.

These researchers have never seen me drink water either. Am I a gorilla?

Very carefully. Don't want too much foam on your gorilla.

I thought that's what it said until I read your comment!!

I read mountain goat until i clicked on the comments because i was really confused

Well I'm gonna need a lot more than dew and universe juice.

They prefer Crab Juice

What do you call a gorilla with a machine gun?

Whatever he tells you to.

Well they don’t have beer yet so it’s not safe

Cats kidneys are so efficient they can hydrate by drinking sea water.

Also the reason their urine is highly toxic.

Yellow 5 is a hell of a drug.

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Won't be caught lacking

I thought it was only tigers that could do the temporary sea water thing. Housecats too?

I think you have to eat the leaf with the whisky for it to count.

Dude same! I thought it was some shittymoviedetails thing hahah

That's what I read years ago, yes. Google seems to agree

This just in mountain gorilla population desimated with diabetes due to being heavily addicted to popular sugary drinks mountain dew

yeah obviously thats what i was saying. DRINKING water seems so essential as a non-gorilla

Some gorillas trying to avoid the rain

Can it be a weed leaf?

Drink water.

A stoned gorilla sounds entertaining AF.

I actually recently set a note on my phone for it... I am not worthy to join the gorillas.

Came here to say this xD

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I wonder if that was an evolutionary change to like avoid parasites and water born disease.

Mr. Handy, please do your wonderful Mae West impression?!

Lol me too

Water is a terrible lubricant and actually just dries stuff out down there.

"Mountain Gorillas THRIVE in colder climates! As a Moon Gorilla... I could use a jacket."

The Mountain Dew-Fall of the Planet of The Apes

It became a popular beverage in the community, until they discovered Dr Pepper

They just dew the dew! Like me!

But the second I have ice water in a cup I'm drinking in his little face goes. Only when the cup is full though, can't be risking whisker fatigue on water consumption.

Does kool-aid count?

Yeah. Water is fun for foreplay, but usually dirty and a poor lubricant

I think it was the BVO. Mountain dew nowadays just tastes like carbonated five alive since they phased pit the deliciously unhealthy brominated vegetable oil.

Mountain dew throwback has the old recipe

Only if you can condense it onto the leaves from the atmosphere

Seen that before and it is funny. Especially that face they make when they walk close to the building.

Do I look like I drink water?

It got electrolytes

What the hell happened in 2013 ?!

This guy asking the important questions

So I’m a mountain gorilla then.

Gorillas and Ghostbusters 🤝 Never cross streams

Hey that's just me. smacks dry lips

They probably figured out that water is filled with bad stuff that makes them sick when it's drank from a random stream.