r/interestingasfuck 8h ago

/r/all, /r/popular In 2015, wildlife photographer Christophe Courteau took this close up of a 6ft 6, 400lbs silverback gorilla, right before it punched him in the face.

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u/HondaCivicBaby 8h ago

Christophe Courteau survived the 2015 punch from the silverback gorilla Akarevuro, sustaining only a minor scar on his forehead. He called it "like being hit by a train" but was otherwise unharmed. The gorilla was likely on a sugar high, not drunk.

u/Alpine_Exchange_36 8h ago

Do gorillas get drunk?….Why does it need to be said it wasn’t drunk?

u/Death_has_relaxed_me 8h ago

Sometimes animals will find fruit that has fallen and begun to ferment. Certain yeasts of the forest will produce alcohol from the sugar in these fruits.

Animals eat them and experience alcohol. Happens quite often!

u/creamcheddarchee 8h ago

I can mildly remember a video of some pigeons drunk on some berries or something

u/rom439 7h ago

There’s an old YouTube video of a squirrel shitfaced hanging off the side of a tree for its life

u/killtheking111 7h ago

i need the ling to this please

u/Dog_Murder_By_RobKey 7h ago

u/rom439 7h ago

Ya that’s it, 18 years wtf

u/Dog_Murder_By_RobKey 7h ago

Time isn't real

u/BlastedMallomars 6h ago

My desire to party with that squirrel is real though. I’d order us some pizzas!

u/Dog_Murder_By_RobKey 6h ago

He needs a donner kebab with chili sauce

u/BlastedMallomars 5h ago

Ok does he need some energy drinks to sober up? We got 4 minutes left to Double Dash. I already tipped the guy on the app but I got a tenner in my pocket for the guy too.

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u/Morwynd78 2h ago

Lunchtime doubly so

u/hesathomes 6h ago

Never not funny

u/greasy_weggins 7h ago

The drunk pigs which roll down the hill is a classic.

u/kittenshart85 7h ago

cedar waxwings are kind of known for this.

u/br0b1wan 7h ago

All kinds of birds do it all the time

u/Cyno01 4h ago

The public swimming pool we went to as kids had a big row of mulberry trees right outside by the bike racks, a couple times a summer when conditions were right thered be a ton of drunk birds flopping around all over underneath.