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Wood pigeons in Whangarei, New Zealand, are having to be rescued after becoming drunk on guava berries.

The berries ferment and intoxicate them, the BBC reports. A hard winter killed their usual forest food.

Twenty-six birds had been rescued in the past month, said Robert Webb of the Whangarei Native Bird Recovery Centre.

“The birds are coming into the city to look for food and are eating the guava berries, which gets them paralytic.

“We have to sober them up, give them lots of water and fresh liquids and keep them for a few days.”
Tipsy pigeons