Birds Eat Fermented Fruit, Fly Drunk

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[fallingwater]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Some drunks got out of hand near Beale Street in Memphis, but instead of barflies it was birds intoxicated from eating fermented fruit.

The Health Department investigated this week after receiving calls about dead and floundering birds, cedar waxwings to be exact. The birds were crashing into buildings in the Peabody Place area.

An investigator told The Commercial Appeal he traced the problem to berries from nearby holly trees. Recent freezes ruptured berry cells, allowing the wild yeast to convert sugars into alcohol.

The birds apparently got tipsy from consuming the fermented berries.

Health officials said they don't how many birds died from flying intoxicated.

[WOBBLY BOB]

Drunk Bird video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgefm1ACchA

[goat granny]

You are so right. When my mother passed away (1966)dad and I opened a box of her “private” stuff. She had kept all of my uncle’s letters from WW2. He was in Borneo.. I wish I had kept them, but dad and I talked it over and decided to let her private things remain private. we burned them and other things from her life she had saved...An emotional response, but should have saved them for family history..How great of you to think of interviewing your grandparents..Wish I had thought of that..

[Designer]

"Drunk Bird video"

Thanks for the video. Poor thing. I'll bet he has a hangover.