A Gang Of Alcoholic Moose Terrorized A Swedish Homeowner

Humans aren't the only angry drunks out there. A lcohol use by animals shows up frequently in nature, too.

For example, Sweden's drunken moose (or possibly elk, according to another report) gang season is just beginning. In the fall, ripe fruit falls to the ground and ferments, giving even the giant moose enough alcohol to get a good buzz on.

A few weeks ago a Stockholm police incident report stated that a mob of the boozed-up moose — four adults and one calf — had been terrorizing a local homeowner after he refused to let them into his garden.

The Local talked to the policeman who filed the report: "I'm not surprised that he called the police when he was faced with a gang of five drunken elk," police spokesman Albin Näverberg told The Local. "They can be really dangerous. They become fearless. Instead of backing away when a person approaches, they move toward you. They may even take a run at you."

The boozy animals left the scene when the police showed up, according to the Alaska Dispatch. A similar story made news in 2011 when a drunk moose ended up stuck in a tree.

Drunk animals aren't all that rare. The sugars in fruits are naturally turned into alcohols by fungus that feast on them. In the Stockholm case, the fruit in question was likely apples from the homeowner's tree. Even fruit flies get drunk — and get rid of parasites while they do it.

While a Scientific American story from 2008 claims to find scant evidence that animals like to get drunk in the wild, other anecdotal stories abound. Mother Nature News claims to have found five creatures who love getting drunk, including elephants and bears.

Full story HERE.

^ thank you for the mental image

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XxAxX said:

A few weeks ago a Stockholm police incident report stated that a mob of the boozed-up moose — four adults and one calf — had been terrorizing a local homeowner after he refused to let them into his garden.

^ thank you for the mental image

[Edited 9/11/13 8:45am]

This story ROCKS!

remember this story from last year??

do you think mooose, erm, meese? get hungover??

http://www.cnn.com/2011/W...index.html

(CNN) -- It was a dark, windy and rainy night when Per Johansson returned from work to his home in Saro just south of Gothenburg, Sweden.

"It was raining really bad. In the wind I heard something screaming with a very dark voice," Johansson told CNN. "At first I wondered if it was the crazy neighbors, but then I heard it again and went and checked. I saw something really big up in a tree in my neighbors' yard and it was a moose. It must have been drunk after eating fermented apples and as it was reaching out for more fruit it must have slipped and fallen into the tree."

Johansson called the local fire and rescue department, which responded with a fire engine and a jeep with a winch.

"We got the alarm at 9.59 p.m. on September 6 that a moose was stuck in a tree," said Anders Gardhagen, spokesman at the Gothenburg Fire and Rescue Services.

"When we arrived we used the winch to bend down the apple tree so the moose could get himself out of the tree. Once free, the moose collapsed on the ground and fell asleep. So we let him sleep it off and went back home" Gardhagen told CNN.

"Moose are attracted by the apple trees, and in the autumn when the apples have fallen off the trees we normally have at least one of these cases of intoxication. These apples, which ferment in their bellies, aren't part of their natural food, so they can get quite angry from this drunkenness," Gardhagen said.

Johansson's son, Gustav, who is about to turn 11, made sure to take lots of pictures of the ordeal.

"He is saving up to buy a PlayStation so he thought he would take pictures that he could sell," Johansson said.

CNN purchased three of Gustav's pictures.

When dawn came the day after it was freed from the tree, the moose had not yet left.

"When I went out for the newspaper it was still laying there on the ground, sleeping. By the time I left for work it was walking around the neighbor's yard on very shaky legs." Johansson said.

"Today the moose came back and walked around the yard," he added. "I think it likes it here."

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^^^ No! I hadn't seen that before.



Inebriated wildlife is awesome!!!

from: http://www.abc.net.au/new...ne/4946072

Feral pig pinches multiple six-packs of beer and runs riot at Pilbara camp sites

A booze-stealing feral pig that is wreaking havoc in the Pilbara has prompted a reminder for travellers at camp sites and rest stops to ensure their food and alcohol is secured.

It is believed the animal has drunk up to 18 cans of beer at the DeGrey River rest area, east of Port Hedland, over the past few days.

Fionna Findley from Main Roads says the animal has caused a nuisance, ransacking bin bags left in the area by clean-up crews.

"They bundled up the rubbish in liners and then they attend to other rest areas nearby, and when they returned it was all ripped apart," Ms Findley said.

"And when they were talking to some of the road users that were parked over for the night, I think they were camping actually, they said the pig stole their beers, drank them and then afterwards proceeded to tear apart the bin liners.

"We just want to remind everyone when you do pull over, make sure [your food and alcohol] is securely stored because there are a lot of animals out there that are keen for a free feed."

One camper named Merida recounted the tale told to her by fellow campers.

"It was in the middle of the night and it was these people camping opposite us and they heard this crunching of the can and they got their torch out and shone it on the pig and there he was scrunching away at their cans," Merida said.

"Then he went and raided their rubbish that they had sort of covered over with a bin as well.

"And then there was some other people camped right on the river and they saw him running around their vehicle being chased by a cow.

"It was going around and around and then it went into the river and swam across to the middle of the river.

"The people that were camped on the river went across and crept up on it and it was hiding and sleeping under a big log right on the edge of the water.

"It was sort of coming from there for a couple of days but we didn't see it this morning or last night."

Search continues for drunken thief

It was initially thought the pig stole just a six-pack, but Merida is certain it was a lot more.

"It wasn't six cans, it was about 18 I believe it crunched."

Main Roads is trying to locate the animal.

"It was last seen near the river itself, under a tree," Ms Findley said. "I think it's nursing its head today.

"Our guys aren't equipped to contain or control these wild animals, especially under the influence.

"The guys who attended the scene said they had a chat to the guys and they were more upset the pig stole their beer."

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We should petition for a new wildlife show...focusing on drunk/high animals.

How cool would that be?

um, Girls Gone Wild???

XxAxX said:

um, Girls Gone Wild???

nd33 said:

So I've enjoyed reading about the angry drunken animals. But want about the happy drunken animals that just like to go have a boogie on the dance floor and then get drive through burgers in a taxi on their way home? Those are my kinda drunken animals...

^

from: http://www.nydailynews.co...-1.1452249

Angry moose smashes windows of Norway secondary school

An angry moose, probably upset by its own reflection (or...?), smashed through the glass doors of a Norwegian school at the weekend.

When students at the Risil secondary school in Vestby, southeast of Oslo, found broken glass on Monday morning, security cameras showed the perpetrator was not a delinquent teenager.

"The janitor looked through the surveillance tape, hoping to identify the thug who did this, but was shocked when he saw that the damage was done by a moose and her two calves," school principal Solveig Eid told Reuters.

Eid believes the moose must have seen her own reflection in the glass door and charged towards it. A Norwegian moose can be as tall as 6 feet and weigh as much as 880 pounds.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/moose-loose-4-legged-vandal-strikes-school-article-1.1452249#ixzz2egLgG0KU

ThisOne said:

Either I have a very dirty mind or this thread has a truly misleading title!!!

dJJ said:

I wonder what THAT milk must taste like!

BobGeorge909 said:

ThisOne said:

Either I have a very dirty mind or this thread has a truly misleading title!!!

Eating coochie pie drunk? Im trying to give grazing a dirty context.

BobGeorge909 said:

ThisOne said:

Either I have a very dirty mind or this thread has a truly misleading title!!!

Eating coochie pie drunk? Im trying to give grazing a dirty context.

ThisOne said:

BobGeorge909 said:

Eating coochie pie drunk? Im trying to give grazing a dirty context.

A hairy one

PurpleJedi said:

dJJ said:

I wonder what THAT milk must taste like!

You might inspire a farmer now!

Better than the hormones that are added to the milk you buy in the store.....