Two dozen elephants sleep after drinking homemade alcohol in an Indian village

I got drunk in my trunk! Two dozen elephants sleep after drinking alcohol homemade by Indian villagers. A herd of 24 elephants have found jars of muhua - a traditional liquor - in eastern India. the herd of drunk elephants collapsed on the ground Update: 19:07 GMT, 10 November 2022

A herd of two dozen elephants got so drunk after drinking homemade alcohol made by villagers in India that he collapsed and had to sleep after his heavy night of drinking.

The group of 24 elephants were walking through the jungle in the eastern state of Odisha when they came across large clay pots of 'muhua', a traditional liquor made from the flower of Madhuca longifolia tree.

The people of Salipada village had left the pots of alcohol to ferment in the jungle - only for them to find the broken pots and a herd of elephants slumped to the ground in a drunken stupor next to shards of clay.

The herd, which included nine calves, had devoured the contents and got so drunk that the locals couldn't wake them from their deep sleep .

The elephants were only awakened from their drunken sleep when local wildlife officials showed up and started beating drums.

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The herd, probably with a searing headache from the mixture of alcohol and drums, manages to get up and walk slowly through the depths of the forest .

'We went to the jungle around 6am to prepare muhua and fo...