Drunken elk discovered in apple tree

[Chris]

An unusual story from the BBC (including a photo):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14842999

[Robert]

I would advise the animal to take a couple of elka selzers.

[Chris]

I would advise the animal to take a couple of elka selzers.

There's actually a better photo in the Sun, under the headline "Drunk moose on the loose after too much juice":

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3800613/Drunk-moose-on-the-loose-br-after-too-much-juice.html

[Suzi]

Aaaaaagh!!! Note to self!....don't do that tree climbing thing! x

[Rubyretro]

Well, you may be surprised (or not), but I'm not a stranger to animals drunk on fermented apples !

I used to farm sheep, and at on point kept them (penned) on an organic apple farm (they were organic sheep !).

I used to collect the windfall apples which were too 'far gone' to be sold and feed them to the the sheep by the bucket load (waste not, want not etc).
It became obvious that some of the apples were fermenting into scrumpy and that some of the sheep were becoming totally alcoholic...I had to wean them off the stuff, but they would charge the fence, jump it, anything to get to the 'juice' infact (thank God that he 'killer sheep' in that film, 'Black Sheep' didn't become hooked on raw cider).

I also have a friend that used to poach wild boar (I live in France). He used to wait by the orchards, when the apples were fermenting under the trees, to pick off the booziest boors quite easily (they had handily self marinated themselves, what's more).

[Carol]

An unusual story from the BBC (including a photo):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14842999

This little story was on our local news here the other evening. At the close of the report the elk was just sitting quietly on the grass of the garden concerned, apparently not in a rush to 'vacate the premises'. Then the owner of the property (a man in his 60's) stood in front of her and from a distance of about 2 metres tried to get her to stand on her feet. Suddenly, she leapt to her feet and charged him! He just managed to step aside in time, although she brushed his shoulder as she dashed past him. Then, once out on to the road she slowed down to a gentle stroll and was last seen 'mooseying' along into the sunset.

Love
Carol

[Archaic]

Hi Carol. I saw this story & the photos last night and had a good laugh... what a party animal!

I remember being woken up once by a bunch of drunken birds who had been eating the figs from the tree outside my window. We didn't know what was going on at first. It sounded scarily apocalyptic -of the "When Animals Attack" variety- but then we saw the figs on the ground and the blotto birds staggering around.

Gosh, I'm glad my horses and my huge dog are teetotallers.

Bottoms up!
Archaic

PS: Love the elka-selzers, Robert

[Sister Hyde]

lol this is just hilarious. Carol, a moose ios extremly dangerous to collide with, in Sweden when you pass your drivers license you are forced to attend a day practice in a special center, and they teach you to drive on ice, on of the exercices is how to avoid an elk on the road in emergency, trust mt it can ruin your car, so the man you mention got veeery lucky cause I don't dare to imagione what would have happened if she had managed to charge him. In Bärfendal our house was just at the border of the forest we could hear the elks, and sometimes in the morning you find them in your garden, it's just lovely. animals just love getting wasted. have you seen what happen when a koala falls from a eucalyptus tree? it's priceless.

[Sister Hyde]

sorry Carol, just noticed you live in gothenburg, then you know for sure

[Robert]

I think they should start breathalysing these elks - drunk in charge of a vehicle is bad enough, but drunk in charging a vehicle is the pits....

[Chris]

Perhaps we shouldn't be making too much fun of this story - elkoholism can be a very serious problem.

[Robert]

You're quite right Chris - which is why Elkoholics Anonymoose was set up.

[Phil Carter]

I think we have an emerging elko problem here that could affect the planet. I mean, think of another reason for the holes in the ozone layer.

kindly

Phil

[Carol]

sorry Carol, just noticed you live in gothenburg, then you know for sure

Hi there, Sister Hyde!
Yes, I certainly do! I think they are gorgeous - I always get upset every year when it's 'moose annihilating time'. How anyone can shoot them for pleasure is beyond me. By the way, my Swedish husband says that he thinks the älg in question could be a very young male, probably only about 18 months old. Bless his little cotton socks (the älg, I mean).
Love
Carol

P.S. Per-Åke now says that our local newspaper, Göteborg Posten, says the elk is a cow! I know, just be grateful that he isn't your husband.

[Archaic]

Hi Carol.

Female moose and elk are called "cows". Buffalo too- "cows" & "bulls".

Female deer are "does" & male deer are "bucks".

Dozy doats, did you know that? And "moozy booze" I guess!

Please say hello to Per-Ake for me. (I really need to get a keyboard that does those funny Swedish punctuation marks )

Archaic