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It seems that the natives of Australia's Northern Territory have found a species as a rowdy and intoxicated as they are. ‘Drunk’ red-collared lorikeets have been found stumbling around, falling out of trees, or simply passed out after being struck down by a mystery illness which causes them to display classic signs of human drunkenness. The parrots are said stumble around and are very uncoordinated. Some have been found with their heads under paper, apparently trying to block the world out. They also appear to suffer hangovers – including headaches, disorientation, lethargy, and general unhappiness – sometimes for several months....