Drunk Birds Killed By Flying Into Windows

**radio667** · 02-03-2006, 04:34 PM

from wftv.com ....... POSTED: 10:48 am EST February 3, 2006
UPDATED: 11:00 am EST February 3, 2006

VIENNA, Austria -- It wasn't bird flu, rather flying drunk into windows that killed 40 songbirds found dead in Vienna.

Experts who conducted tests on the songbirds concluded the birds were intoxicated from eating fermented berries.

The birds -- whose remains were carefully examined amid avian influenza fears -- had livers so diseased "they looked like they were chronic alcoholics," Sonja Wehsely, a spokeswoman for Vienna's veterinary authority, told Austrian television Thursday.

All died of broken necks after slamming into windowpanes, apparently after gorging themselves on berries that had begun to rot, turning the juice inside to alcohol, Wehsely said. The juice probably continued to ferment as the birds digested the berries, causing them to become disoriented and fly into the panes, she said.

Their discovery last month in a residential neighborhood of Vienna triggered concerns that bird flu had reached the Austrian capital.

**Mickey Blue** · 02-03-2006, 04:43 PM

Sad but rather funny also.

tr@xtandn · 02-03-2006, 04:46 PM

every living thing should be able to get a buzz on...

SkaarjMaster · 02-03-2006, 09:23 PM

Apparently, birds can't handle it though.

TexasGtar · 02-03-2006, 09:34 PM

Maybe it was a window to the neighborhood bar?

tarnationsauce2 · 02-04-2006, 02:07 AM

I'm happy that those songbirds get to get drunk. In nature it's just fun... but those pesky windows get in the way.

**-=JUDGE=-** · 02-04-2006, 03:16 AM

"When Coed-Bird Parties go bad" ... News at 11.

G-BUS · 02-05-2006, 02:51 AM

40 birds fly into a bar...

**radio667** · 02-05-2006, 04:19 PM

LOl

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TexasGtar · 02-06-2006, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by G-BUS

40 birds fly into a bar...

...the bartender says.."Sorry, we don't serve birds here.".....(next)

Lmhr · 02-06-2006, 11:15 PM

When i use to show cattle i have seen drunk bulls, there actually no different then you or i when it comes to beer. They wobble a bit, only difference is they slobber more but they do that anyway so it is a little hard to tell sometimes. lol

G-BUS · 02-07-2006, 11:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TexasGtar

...the bartender says.."Sorry, we don't serve birds here.".....(next)

Says the birds (in collective voice as only birds can): that's alright, we'll have a screwdriver instead.

Oh man, bow to the king of lame.

02-03-2006, 04:34 PM	#1
radio667 I R Happy Goat Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 10,757 Downloads: 2	Drunk Birds Killed By Flying Into Windows from wftv.com ....... POSTED: 10:48 am EST February 3, 2006 UPDATED: 11:00 am EST February 3, 2006 VIENNA, Austria -- It wasn't bird flu, rather flying drunk into windows that killed 40 songbirds found dead in Vienna. Experts who conducted tests on the songbirds concluded the birds were intoxicated from eating fermented berries. The birds -- whose remains were carefully examined amid avian influenza fears -- had livers so diseased "they looked like they were chronic alcoholics," Sonja Wehsely, a spokeswoman for Vienna's veterinary authority, told Austrian television Thursday. All died of broken necks after slamming into windowpanes, apparently after gorging themselves on berries that had begun to rot, turning the juice inside to alcohol, Wehsely said. The juice probably continued to ferment as the birds digested the berries, causing them to become disoriented and fly into the panes, she said. Their discovery last month in a residential neighborhood of Vienna triggered concerns that bird flu had reached the Austrian capital. __________________ , "There is also a river called Helikon [in Pieria]. (...) But, they go on to say, the women who killed Orpheus wished to wash off in it the blood-stains, and thereat the River sank underground, so as not to lend its waters to cleanse manslaughter." —Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. 30. 8

02-03-2006, 04:43 PM	#2
Mickey Blue Invincible Wheeeeel! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Croozing Posts: 1,540 Downloads: 7	Sad but rather funny also. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Click to keep the playground alive!

02-03-2006, 04:46 PM	#3
tr@xtandn thizz is what it iz Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: In denial Posts: 1,756 Downloads: 1	every living thing should be able to get a buzz on... __________________ I love my belly and the liquor store man -Charles Bukowski My Flickr "It is undeniable that a boiling point will be reached and actions of retaliation will be deployed if affairs of oppression go unpunished"

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SkaarjMaster same as he ever was Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,293 Downloads: 906	Apparently, birds can't handle it though. __________________ http://web.archive.org/web/200812180...ondunreal.com/ "If I give up my rights, I might be safe, but what good is being safe if you have no freedoms?" by n3m35i5 "I always turn to the sports page first....They record people's accomplishments; the front page, nothing but man's failure." by Earl Warren

02-03-2006, 09:34 PM	#5
TexasGtar Follow me on Assault Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 4,801 Downloads: 38 My Files: 3	Maybe it was a window to the neighborhood bar? __________________ "Somethings got to happen in a quarter of a mile"

02-04-2006, 02:07 AM	#6
tarnationsauce2 welcome to the jungle baby Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Oregon, USA Posts: 591 Downloads: 10 My Files: 4	I'm happy that those songbirds get to get drunk. In nature it's just fun... but those pesky windows get in the way. __________________ "I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. . . . corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed." -- U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 21, 1864

02-04-2006, 03:16 AM	#7
-=JUDGE=- Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Utah = UT (Jealous?) Posts: 1,317 Downloads: 7 My Files: 6	"When Coed-Bird Parties go bad" ... News at 11. __________________ Nvidia Texture Tools In other news, warning labels cause anxiety attacks. Coming soon, a new "friendly" warning label will have a warning label that can be peeled off the real warning label. This new "peel and reveal" label will warn that the warning label underneath could cause severe anxiety if you read it. Please use with caution.

02-05-2006, 02:51 AM	#8
G-BUS ...not quite G-OD Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 234	40 birds fly into a bar...

02-05-2006, 04:19 PM	#9
radio667 I R Happy Goat Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 10,757 Downloads: 2	LOl !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ , "There is also a river called Helikon [in Pieria]. (...) But, they go on to say, the women who killed Orpheus wished to wash off in it the blood-stains, and thereat the River sank underground, so as not to lend its waters to cleanse manslaughter." —Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. 30. 8

02-06-2006, 11:15 PM	#11
Lmhr Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: colorado Posts: 22 Downloads: 111	When i use to show cattle i have seen drunk bulls, there actually no different then you or i when it comes to beer. They wobble a bit, only difference is they slobber more but they do that anyway so it is a little hard to tell sometimes. lol

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