Minnesota Residents Call Police On Rowdy Drunk Birds

Slow Friday at the office. Thought this was pretty funny.

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Birds, lots of birds, have been "flying into windows, cars and acting confused," according to the city police department, which has been fielding reports from anxious residents.

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the birds that have consumed the fruit "may be tipsy, inadvertent victims of alcohol consumption."

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"Most birds likely just get a bit tipsy, and very few people would be able to pick them out as intoxicated," Meghan Larivee, a government laboratory coordinator in Yukon, Canada, told National Geographic. "However, every now and then, some birds just overdo it."

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"Generally, younger birds' livers cannot handle the toxins as efficiently as more mature birds."

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Back in Gilbert, this year has been an especially bad one for party fowls.

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Damn young birds can't handle their wine.

NPR