I ran across this story in our daily newspaper and thought I'd google it. Come to find out this isn't such a rare occurrence -drunken elephants. Apparently marauding packs of elephants can acquire a taste for rice beer. Fermented fruit has been traditionally thought to contribute to the bar-room atmosphere of elephant rampage. Sciencedaily says fruit thing is overblown. I guess Paul's message about drinking in excess is universal.
Seattle Times: "Six Asiatic wild elephants were electrocuted as they went berserk after drinking rice beer in India's remote northeast...40 elephants came to a village on Friday looking for food...found beer, which farmers ferment and keep in plastic and tin drums in their huts...They got drunk, uprooted a utility pole carrying power lines and were electrocuted..."
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