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Drunk Badger blocks traffic in Germany

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  • 08-07-2009 8:47pm
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    Our man in Havana
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    http://www.thelocal.de/society/20090708-20453.html
    Drunk badger blocks traffic

    Published: 8 Jul 09 09:01 CET
    Online: http://www.thelocal.de/society/20090708-20453.html

    Road kill reported by a driver in the German state of Lower Saxony turned out to be a drunk badger taking a nap, police in Goslar reported on Wednesday morning.

    Late on Monday night, a driver reported what he thought was a dead animal on county road 32 near Groß Döhren to police.

    But when officers arrived on the scene to remove the traffic obstruction, they were stunned to find that the animal was not dead or injured.

    “Right in the middle of the street there was a badger sitting and staring at the officers incredulously,” a police statement said.

    The officers quickly discovered that the animal – which was not frightened by their presence – had been snacking on the overripe cherries on a nearby tree.

    “The animal’s belly digested the fruit to alcohol and the badger was, as the saying goes, ‘drunk as a blackbird’,” the statement said, adding that the little mammal was also suffering from “diarrhoea containing cherry pits.”

    Officers directed the badger off of the road, where he could “sleep off his intoxication in a meadow.”


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    scubasteve
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    How do they know it was drunk form the ripe cherries? They hadly cut it open! And how diligent(or bored) are the german cops! Examining badger poo to look for cherry seeds!!


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    peasant
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    I read the original article yesterday ...it wasn't so much a question of examining rather than avoiding, apparently.
    In other words ...blatantly obvious :D


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    kpatrick
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    best thread title ever!


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    palaver
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    :D
    It's a well-known fact that animals who eat overripe fruit get drunk. Happens all the time in Africa. Ever heard of the famous drunk monkeys or elephants over there? I'ts a natural chemical process humans turned into wine making to get the same though stronger effect.

    Having said that, the rather liquid and exploding poo of any drunk (animal or human) is bloody smelly obvious, don't you think? :D

    Good on the German police or drivers to care about snoring animals on the road. In Ireland they are just roadkill.


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