Story of elephants 'drunk' on corn whiskey turns out to be 'unreal'

story of male elephants that got drunk on 30kg of corn whiskey and passed out in tea gardens, that went viral across social media, has reportedly been debunked. picture which was shared on microblogging site Twitter by an IPS officer HGS Dhaliwal portrayed two of elephants who got deviated from ir herd in Yunnan province, China, got intoxicated and passed out.

It so happened, that elephants did enter a vill in Yunnan on March 11, re was, however, evidence that y drank corn whiskey, according to research, as per international media reports. Claims have surfaced after a thorough analysis of incident that a jar of alcohol was kcked over, and yet, remained unconsumed. 

story first originated from Chinese app WeChat and intrigued internet into believing “orable drunk elephants” narrative that furr spre across or social media platforms. A journalist from a rewned international media outlet shared a post on Twitter citing an old piece that confirmed a different story.

As per  study published in March/April 2006 issue of journal Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, intoxicated elephant myth dated back to centuries. Steve Morris, a biologist at University of Bristol in England and a co-author of study, claimed that it was merely a ‘travellers' tales’ from so long back as 1839. re was thing in biology to support drunken elephant ory, he said. 

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Internet users called picture "sweet"

story, however, h sparked laughter across internet as users cracked jokes and commented that picture was “extremely sweet”. users on Twitter h called  passed-out elephants “too cute to handle”. “Trunken party,” and “Elephantine hangover,” among many or comments.  Tweet h garnered over 1.4k likes and 5.8k likes separately. It was retweeted over 1.3k times as it continues to be circulated on social media even w. 

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