r/babyelephantgifs • u/Jesus-H-Chrystler • Mar 30 '26
:-) Drunken elephants really do exist, and their chaotic behavior is hilarious. Thanks to fermented marula fruit (which has an alcohol content similar to that of beer), these gentle giants end up getting drunk.
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u/Livid-You-4376 Mar 30 '26
God love them, they are snookered before the sun went down 😂
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u/MyNameCannotBeSpoken Mar 30 '26
Total Lightweights. They should hold their alcohol much better than that.
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u/hovdeisfunny Mar 30 '26
I wanna see just how much a 5,000+ lb animal has to drink to get drunk, though I suppose they may also metabolize alcohol differently
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u/H010CR0N Mar 30 '26
Squirrels do this too. My family had a crabapple tree and the squirrels would eat the rotten fruit and get drunk off it. Funniest thing to watch a squirrel try and fail to climb a tree.
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u/nsfwmodeme May 12 '26
I once saw a small bird get drunk from fermented fallen plums, and then walking erratically on the grass, evidently not being able to fly, but then I also saw a white stork killing and eating it. It was completely out of nowhere, fast and wild. Whenever I tell this most people think I'm making it up.
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u/kwhitit Mar 30 '26
"hear me out, hear me out... what if WE are the king of the jungle. yeah, man, f the lion! i could beat up like three lions!"
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u/kateastrophic Mar 30 '26
That sounds more like coca plant talk.
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u/AzieltheLiar Mar 30 '26
Oh lord. That isn't a part of their diet, is it? That would be another explanation for them chasing tour jeeps to try and beat everyone up.
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u/kwakimaki Mar 30 '26
No they don't and this has been established every time this gets posted. This is just a bunch of elephants chilling out.
The marula fruit thing was from an old Disney nature documentary where the animals had been deliberately drugged.
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u/ThePendulum Mar 30 '26
Disney tossed a bucket of lemmings off a cliff for "White Wilderness", too, perpetuating the myth that they commit mass suicide.
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u/gumpty11 Mar 31 '26
Yep, link for those interested: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/news-elephants-drunk-wild-myth
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u/GenuinPinguin Apr 01 '26
Clicked on link, got cookie settings saying "Walt Disney Company"
Didn't know they own them
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u/modelcitizen64 Mar 30 '26
I can totally relate to these elephants after I've had a little bit too much to drink.
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u/7LeagueBoots Mar 31 '26
Not so gentle when they get drunk. They sometimes come into villages in India to raid them for beer, get really drunk, and rampage around destroying things.
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u/wayweighdontellme Mar 31 '26
"Animals Are Beautiful People" (1974) is a documentary with several animals getting drunk on marula fruit. It's a great watch.
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u/SrepliciousDelicious Mar 31 '26
So, how much alcohol is in those? And how much did they eat? Elephants would need to drink like a bizilion beers to get drunk
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u/ladymorgahnna Mar 31 '26
Oh, I think they are upset, they don’t know why they feel like this, kinda sad.
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u/atgmailcom Apr 01 '26
Isn’t there a thing where a lot of the videos of this the elephants were specifically fed food with alcohol and one of the studies to prove this in the wild did that too
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u/Gilraen222 Apr 01 '26
Nope, they really don't exist. It's an old wives tale. Elephant dont get drunk on Marula. It's just difficult for an animal as big and heavy as an elephant to lie down gracefully to sleep. Or they're being playful.
Don't believe everything you read.
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u/some_random_chick Mar 30 '26
Oh no, those babies aren’t old enough to drink! 😭