Even Mother Nature’s creatures can get a little greedy.
An elk in Saro, Sweden is a perfect example. The giant beast apparently had a few too many fermenting apples. The “apple sauce” caused the elk to get a bit tipsy. Not content with a slight buzz, the animal reared up on its hind legs to reach more apples on higher branches. With sobriety also out of reach, the straining elk got off balance and fell into the branches. Tangling ensued and the beast was unable to extricate itself.
A hunter, the police and eventually the fire department were called to help with the rescue. The poor apple tree came out the loser in the encounter as many branches were sawed before the elk was freed.
Like drunk parrots falling out of the sky, with all four feet on the ground for the first time in a while, the besotted beast lay down and slept off his bender. Dealing with an apple cider hangover the next morning, the elk eventually awoke and wandered off. Fortunately the elk survived, unlike the Romanian birds which drank themselves to death.
At least this elk got drunk on its own, unlike the poor pup who was fed vodka.