Drunken Parrots Falling From Sky 30

Posted by samzenpus on Friday June 04, 2010 @02:01PM from the polly-want-a-gin-and-tonic dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Parrots intoxicated by a mystery substance are dropping out of the sky near Darwin, Australia. From the article: 'It seems that the birds get intoxicated by something they have eaten and it renders them unable to fly and function ... they can get very sick as a result.' Around eight to ten birds a day have been brought to the hospital after falling to the ground in backyards and along roadsides. A total of 40 lorikeets are now receiving treatment."

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- Re: (Score:2, Funny)
  
  by SilverHatHacker ( 1381259 ) writes:
  
  Should have nailed them to the perches.
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    by darthdavid ( 835069 ) writes:
    
    How the hell is that a troll you retarded fucking mods? Watch some Monty Python you uncultured twit. I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper. I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
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      by Kilrah_il ( 1692978 ) writes:
      
      And for the uninformed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npjOSLCR2hE [youtube.com]
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    by spambucket235 ( 1258304 ) writes:
    
    Should have nailed them to the perches.
    Way too many MP jokes in this one!
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  by Athanasius ( 306480 ) writes:
  
  I was more thinking of a riff on the sketch along the lines of "He's not dead, he's just drunk".
Why is the rum gone? (Score:1)

by ctchristmas ( 1821682 ) writes:

So that is why the rum is gone...
Um, this happens all the time. (Score:4, Informative)

by bmo ( 77928 ) writes: on Friday June 04, 2010 @03:44PM (#32462640)

Birds and animals love fermented berries and fruits.
In my parents' yard, there used to be this berry bush. I can't tell you what it was, but the flowers were always pretty and the berries inedible (for humans) and sometimes the yard would have drunken birds from the overripe berries.
Not news. Interesting, but not news.
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BMO

Hangover (Score:2)

by bar-agent ( 698856 ) writes:

Given how brightly colored those birds are, the hangover is going to be murder. And the screeching of the other lorikeets ain't gonna help.
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  by Rifter13 ( 773076 ) writes:
  
  LMAO. Great response.
  I guess a less funny response, is to point out that Lorikeets tend to enjoy a diet filled with fruits. Makes domesticated birds dangerous out to 5 paces. No surprise they are getting drunk from over-ripe fruits, this time of year.
Obviously.... (Score:1)

by Reilaos ( 1544173 ) writes:

The birds have caught Darwinism.
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  by MichaelSmith ( 789609 ) writes:
  
  The birds have caught Darwinism.
  TFA:
  "It happens every year around this season, they lose all balance and we find them fallen out of trees and the sky," she says. "Unless someone intervenes, they can't fly and will get picked up by predators."
  Read more: http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/drunken-parrots-falling-from-sky.htm#ixzz0pviKykhI [australian...hic.com.au]
  Okay I get it. The problem is that people have been intervening so birds which should get killed by predators don't and the trait is passed on. Maybe we are breeding new species of animals which try to look cute so they will be picked up by animal hospitals and enrolled in breeding programs.
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    by TexNex ( 513254 ) writes:
    
    Could this be the furry - ultimate plan?
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    by Sulphur ( 1548251 ) writes:
    
    They've been Loricuted.
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      by MichaelSmith ( 789609 ) writes:
      
      They've been Loricuted.
      There was this story about two birds which hung around an electricity substation. The male bird settled on one bus bar and the female on the opposite polarity bus bar. The male reached across to give the female bird a peck and....
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        by cffrost ( 885375 ) writes:
        
        There was this story about two birds which hung around an electricity substation. The male bird settled on one bus bar and the female on the opposite polarity bus bar. The male reached across to give the female bird a peck and....
        ...sparks flew.
Everything is drunk (Score:2)

by MichaelSmith ( 789609 ) writes:

...in Darwin.
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  by YourExperiment ( 1081089 ) writes:
  
  In Soviet Darwin, being drunk is everything.
Fucked up animals (Score:2)

by markass530 ( 870112 ) writes:

Snails on meth, Parrots on the bottle, I'm waiting to hear about Lions on crack,
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  by Sulphur ( 1548251 ) writes:
  
  Lord of the jungle, and drunk as a lord?
And this "matters" to us "nerds" how? (Score:1, Offtopic)

by melted ( 227442 ) writes:

And this "matters" to us "nerds" how? WTF is up with slashdot lately?
Reminds me of this: http://www.theonion.com/video/breaking-news-some-bullshit-happening-somewhere,16928/ [theonion.com]
Guess this song applies to parrots, too (Score:1)

by vashfish ( 974328 ) writes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy_TB6onHVE [youtube.com]
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  by vashfish ( 974328 ) writes:
  
  Natural selection at work near Darwin, Australia.
Reminds me of New Zealand Kereru (Score:2)

by dafing ( 753481 ) writes:

A national news story about local Kereru ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_Pigeon [wikipedia.org] ) being drunk, and flying low over roads.

http://www.3news.co.nz/Motorists-warned-to-be-wary-of-low-flying-kereru/tabid/423/articleID/155234/Default.aspx [3news.co.nz]

Birds get drunk everywhere. I suppose it is an interesting story though, I covered the Kereru on my Animal Rights podcast. http://coexistingwithnonhumananimals.blogspot.com/2010/05/episode-27-drunk-kereru-and-humane-calf.html [blogspot.com]
nectar (Score:1)

by idji ( 984038 ) writes:

I've seen lorikeets often get drunk on fermented eucalyptus nectar - their normal food - on a hot day. Typical, normal behaviour - they love alcohol.
I KNOW what it is ... (Score:1)

by MACchine ( 1055880 ) writes:

Avocados create around %10 D-mannoheptulose when they do photosynthesis. I learned this studying plant tissue culture for Avocados around 30 years ago. This compound is a 7 carbon sugar that was said to cause instant diabetes in mammals although I think, not sure, now it is considered to simply metabolize much more slowly then glucose and fructose, the two sugars that make up common table sugar, sucrose. In the avocado D-mannoheptulose metabolizes into perseitol, which is an alcohol, avocado fruit do not

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Why is the rum gone? (Score:1)

Um, this happens all the time. (Score:4, Informative)

Hangover (Score:2)

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Obviously.... (Score:1)

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Everything is drunk (Score:2)

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Fucked up animals (Score:2)

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And this "matters" to us "nerds" how? (Score:1, Offtopic)

Guess this song applies to parrots, too (Score:1)

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Reminds me of New Zealand Kereru (Score:2)

nectar (Score:1)

I KNOW what it is ... (Score:1)

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