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CAN ANIMALS GET DRUNK?

BBC Science Focus

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July 2025

It's not hard to find stories of animals getting tipsy. A moose in Sweden was found with its head stuck in a tree after being seen staggering around, eating fermented apples. Elephants in Botswana getting drunk on marula fruit. My pet rat, who would knock over my home brew and then lick up the spillage. They all seemed inebriated, but were they?

- JOSHUA NEWMAN, PETERBOROUGH

CAN ANIMALS GET DRUNK?

If you know where to look, the natural world is one big pub, with alcohol on tap in the form of fermented fruits, sap and nectar. Much like us, different animals have different tolerance levels.

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