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this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2026
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This seems to be and old hoax / fake news photo. Only one bird survived. They were not poisoned but hit by a vehicle.
https://fakenews.pl/en/general/waxwings-visible-in-the-photo-are-dead-not-drunk-with-alcohol/
Birds do occasionally get ethanol poisoning from frozen/fermented fruits though. Since they are small, the dosage is often lethal.
Do look up kererū thoigh, real birds that do this every summer in New Zealand x)
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/drunk-kereru-fall-from-trees/PLJ7VXPXRSRDVFENWEDBCHA4TU/
Wonderful behaviours survive evolution without natutal predators
Also wasps.
is that why they're assholes, because they're drunk?
Yeah, probably.
To quote Bloberta Puppington:
bibo ergo sum
Yeah, the birds on Aotearoa truly are a special kind of funny. xD
I reject your reality and accept OP's reality - where these birds are alive and happily drunk. Sorry, but that's just the world we live in now.
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From the Summary of the article you linked (emphasis mine):
True, I mixed that up after reading the article because I dug into birds and ethanol poisoning and by the time I posted the comment I had forgotten, that the birds from the photo were unrelated to ethanol poisoning.
Thanks for pointing that out. I added misinformation on top of a good source. 😅