Elephants can get drunk, says new University of Calgary study

A study looking at the effect of fermented fruit on large mammals like elephants may sound silly, but researchers at the University of Calgary say it's taught them some important lessons about metabolism and alcoholism in humans. The paper, published in Biology Letters, has debunked the myth that large mammals such as elephants can become intoxicated after eating quantities of rotting fruit. It was previously thought, even among scientists, that wildlife would need to eat enormous amounts of the