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http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/...claims.htm

EXCERPT: You might just be hearing about it, as news outlets across the globe are hastily picking up a stunning story about a drunk gorilla who sucker-punched a nature photographer right in the noggin during a visit to Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park. There's just one problem with this tale. According to experts, the gorilla couldn't have possibly been drunk....
Good to know we have museum "experts" around to debunk myths of drunk gorillas. Afterall, one mustn't anthropomorphize them TOO much. Otoh..annoying field reports keep coming in:

http://www.monkeyday.org/2009/03/mountai...drunk.html