Drunken Swedish moose drowns after fermented apple binge

AFP ^ | 11/24/06

[presidio9]

A moose that became inebriated after binging on fermented fallen apples in northern Sweden drowned when it fell through the ice of a frozen inlet, a Swedish tabloid has reported.

"The moose appears to have eaten too many fermented apples and become confused out on the ice," Luleaa police spokesman Erik Kummu told Aftonbladet on Thursday.

Emergency services were scrambled but they were unable to save the four-legged apple thief.

For several days prior to the moose's demise, local residents had contacted police after seeing the animal munch its way through rotting fruit, Aftonbladet said.

Drunk moose are relatively common in Sweden in late autumn as the animals eat fallen apples which ferment slightly on the ground.

[presidio9]

Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti...

[Young Werther]

"Drunken Moose Alert!"

[JRios1968]

Nobody will be able to karve their initials on the moose...

[Cincinatus]

Ho-hum, another day, another drunken-moose-falls-through-the-ice story.

[Zakeet]

Say what you will about Janet Reno, she didn't deserve to go out in this manner.

Excuse me, my wife's talking in the background.

Never mind.

[twonie]

Maybe God saved that moose in this way to save him from the animal brothel (see FReepers yesterday). One can only hope.

[CholeraJoe]

I just got out of the shower and made popcorn. I think I'll just sit over here and watch.

[leadpenny]

I once watched a squirrel get absolutely smashed by eating some fermented wild berries one winter. The guy would eat a few berries and then do back flips on top of the wood pile. Then he'd repeat as necessary.

[ARealMothersSonForever]

Drunken Swedish moose drowns after fermented apple binge

Cheesy title of the day!

[Onelifetogive]

Drunken Swedish moose drowns after fermented apple binge

Must one be human to be eligible for a Darwin Award?

[advertising guy]

trying to make the Moose a human huh

[Slings and Arrows]

Oh, sure - like that's never happened to you!

[raybbr]

I saw a film of elephants gorging on ripe plums and then the juice would ferment in their stomachs and they'd get drunk. Nothing funnier than a few drunk elephants goofing off and falling down.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Jest because.

[MuttTheHoople]

"A Møøse once bit my sister ..."

[Cinnamon]

No! Not Pelosi!!! /sarc

[Robert A Cook PE]

The birds eating fermented pyracantha berries also get drunk and totter/wobble around.

[presidio9]

This was taking longer than I expected, so I just went ahead and posted it myself.

[abb]

This is troubling...

Drunk moose are relatively common in Sweden in late autumn as the animals eat fallen apples which ferment slightly on the ground.