Elephants get drunk on overripe fruit?

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Post #427,571 by Andrew Grygus 2/19/19 4:05:08 PM 2/19/19 4:05:08 PM Reply	Elephants get drunk on overripe fruit? In India, they are notorious for breaking into breweries. sucking the tanks, and then trampling people.
Post #427,572 by Ashton 2/19/19 4:30:48 PM 2/19/19 4:30:48 PM Reply	It's because ethanol--a tiny molecule--affects myriad brain loci and pathways, too numerous to analyze with much confidence ('causality' and like that) whereas the Fun-stuff ingested by millions of homo-saps --with BIG molecules--target a (bearable number of) pathways which Can be deduced.. at least that's the tl;dr best treatment logic of the syndrome-deciphering ..which I've found to date ;^>
Post #427,579 by static 2/19/19 8:29:11 PM 2/19/19 8:29:11 PM Reply	A number of birds get tanked on overripe fruit. Here in Oz, Rainbow Lorikeets are known for it. Wade.

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Elephants get drunk on overripe fruit? - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - Feb. 19, 2019, 04:05:08 PM EST

It's because ethanol--a tiny molecule--affects myriad brain loci and pathways, too numerous - (Ashton) - Feb. 19, 2019, 04:30:48 PM EST

A number of birds get tanked on overripe fruit. - (static) - Feb. 19, 2019, 08:29:11 PM EST

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