Meet my good and dear friend Gareth, the Pen Tailed Drunken Tree Shrew from Malaysia.One day when immigration and cross species socialising are more accepted in Europe I will be able to go drinking with a Shrew hanging on my shoulder, until then I shall keep my Parrot.
Full article on the Drunken Tree Shrew available at BBC, noting that humans are related to this mammal and additionally may owe it their love of all things alco'ma'holic.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7530720.stm
