According to Wikipedia, the colorful lorikeet is described as having a tendency "to be hyperactive and clownish in personality both in captivity and the wild," but such similarities with frat-house revelers doesn't end there. The birds are infamous for causing quite the racket on the outskirts of town, much to the chagrin of their sleeping human neighbors -- but when booze is thrown into the mix, even well-trained vets use some fairly harsh words to describe them.
A report from Austraia's Herald Sun suggests that humans are probably not responsible for creating the boisterous band of boozed-up birds -- rather, it could be part of a natural process.
Dr Cutter said the birds were unlikely to be drinking alcohol but might eat from a plant that causes them to become drunk. "It's probably a plant with alcohol - or toxins in a plant making it worse," he said.
