High on 'Mad Honey': Drunk Bear Found Slumped in Forest Gets Lift to Vet in Turkey
13:33 GMT 12.08.2022 (Updated: 11:04 GMT 07.04.2025)
CC BY 2.0 / Flickr / Carlos Ebert /
Subscribe
From trespassing on private property to stealing food and ransacking campsites, bears and their cubs are notorious for their mischievous activities and often get caught on camera, leaving netizens amused.
In a hilarious incident, a bear was found drunk after feasting on hallucinogenic 'mad honey' and was taken a the vet in the forested region of Turkey.
In the video, captured in the Yigilca district of Duzce Province, the bear can be seen whining and in a tipsy state, unable to sit up in the back of a pick-up truck after rangers rescued from the forest and brought her to a vet for treatment.
The bear was gasping for breath as she suffered the after-effects of gorging on the honey.
Bear rescued in Turkey after drinking hallucinogenic honey
— Saul of United (@Viatcheslavsos3) August 12, 2022
In the province of Düzce, a clubfoot got drunk on honey and fell into a coma. It turns out that he ate honey from the nectar of a local species of rhododendron, which contains a neurotoxin that causes glitches. pic.twitter.com/OyNTXTQ8Cf
According to the experts, the bear gorged herself on so-called "mad honey" ('deli bal' in Turkish), which is a type of rhododendron honey that can have hallucinogenic effects.
The bear has become the talk of the town ever since the video has gone viral.
Turkey’s agriculture ministry took to Twitter to urge citizens to come up with a name for the bear.
Now, the bear is reportedly in good condition and will be released into the wild in the coming days.
Düzce’de bitkin halde bulunan yavru boz ayımızın sağlık durumu iyi, ekiplerimiz tedavisine devam ediyor. @milliparklar
— T.C. Tarım ve Orman Bakanlığı (@TCTarim) August 11, 2022
Balın dozunu kaçıran sevimli “kızımıza” bir isim verelim, adıyla yaşasın😊 💬 pic.twitter.com/dZsI2FcsIw
