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Can a gorilla really get drunk from bamboo? - C C - Mar 4, 2015
http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/13139/20150303/gorilla-wasnt-drunk-experts-debunk-photographers-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....
RE: Can a gorilla really get drunk from bamboo? - Magical Realist - Mar 11, 2015
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/mountain-gorillas-caught-getting-drunk.html