Published 15:17 IST, March 19th 2020

'Elephantine hangover': Elephants pass out after drinking whiskey, netizens in split

Elephants were travelling in a herd of 14 in search of food and corn when two of them got distracted by the reserve of nearly 30kg alcohol and got drunk.

Reported by: Zaini Majeed
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A picture of two drunk male elephants taking a nap is going viral on internet. Posted on microblogging site Twitter by an IPS officer HGS Dhaliwal, it portrays two elephants who consumed corn whiskey after y deviated from ir herd in Yunnan province, China. story has sparked laughter across internet as users cracked jokes, while some commented that picture was “extremely sweet”.  

Dhaliwal wrote in caption that duo was travelling in a herd of 14 elephants when y got distracted by reserve of nearly 30 kilograms alcohol. He said that clan was out in search of corn and food in forest. y were raiding area when two of mates came across liquor store and sniffed it with ir trunk. t just that, y mand to remove lid of barrels and started drinking. 

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A forest inspection in charge, Parveen kaswaan, also shared post saying that elephants were usually an expert in finding alcohol, especially in tribal belt of Handiya. “As a fact, elephants are fond of alcohol,” he wrote on Twitter. ding a humorous streak to post he said that it looked elephants were thinking to sanitize ir trunks with alcohol in China due to  coronavirus but inste got drunk.  

Netizens amused

users on Twitter outpoured reactions, calling  passed-out elephants “too cute to handle”. “Trunken party,” commented a user. “Elephantine hangover,” joked ar. “I am sure Gujarat Police may try to take bribe from m,” wrote a third. Tweet has garnered over 1.4k likes and 5.8k likes separately. It has been retweeted 1.3k times as it continues to be circulated on social media. 

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15:17 IST, March 19th 2020