Dead birds died of drunkenness

A series of bird bodies fell to the ground in eastern Romania and officials determined they died from eating too much fermented grape.

Dead birds in the outskirts of Constanta, Romania. (Photo: allvoices.com).

Residents of the port city of Constanta, Romania discovered a few dozen starlings in the outskirts of the city on January 8. They reported the incident to the government due to fears of bird deaths from bird flu, the BBC reported.

After the autopsy of the dead bird, the director of the municipal sanitary and veterinary hygiene agency told Agerpres news agency that the birds died of alcohol poisoning . Before death they ate grape pulp - which was released during wine production. Because they eat too many grape residues, they fall into a drunken state and fall.

A series of bird deaths occurred in the US and Sweden in the last two weeks. US officials said that fireworks in the last night of 2010 killed about 5,000 red-winged thrushes in the state of Arkansas, while Swedish experts said nearly 100 crows died in a town due to rolling motor vehicles. .