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traveler - 09 September 2011 09:04 AM

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I remember reading about elephants overeating on cherries which later get fermented in their stomachs and make them drunk. Supposedly, the elephants are aware of what they are doing.

Cheers to the moose and all the elephants! And the monkeys. I saw a documentary once about monkeys steeling booze from guests at the resorts.

Poor moose. Though I’m not sure why they think fermented fruit isn’t part of it’s natural diet. Many animals readily eat fermented fruit and seem to enjoy the consequences. It’s plausibly the origin of our own, more experimental approach to ethanol production ...

Cross-posted ... !

BTW, I remember reading about alcoholism in Sweden being a serious problem. I see it is now becoming even more serious. 

The moose is a ham.  It was just trying to get into the newspapers.  “Moose eats apples” wouldn’t make a good story, but “Drunken moose stuck in tree!”, that is a headline. 

Nice one!

http://www.amazon.com/Intoxication-Universal-Drive-Mind-Altering-Substances/dp/1594770697  Intoxication is universally pursued, according to this guy.  I’m glad!!!

There’s also this classic on YouTube.