Sunday, May 22, 2011

Drunk parrots falling from the sky in Australia

Drunken lorikeets are falling out of the sky. The Northern Territory may have the toughest alcohol laws in Australia, but a Palmerston vet is preparing for a season of alcohol-fuelled avian vertigo.

The noisy birds act in a drunken manner and then fall over, according to Ark Animal Hospital vet Dr Stephen Cutter.



He says they are not drinking alcohol, but may eat from a plant that causes them to become drunk. "It's probably a plant with alcohol, or toxins in a plant making it worse," he said.

Dr Cutter said The Ark had received about half a dozen sick parrots so far this year. "It usually happens every May - it's hard to predict," he said.

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