High on ‘mad honey’: intoxicated brown bear cub rescued in Turkey

A disoriented brown bear cub, believed to have become intoxicated after eating an excessive amount of “mad honey”, was rescued in northwestern Turkey’s Duzce province on Thursday.

Footage showed the female bear wobbling and whining as she sat belly-up in the back of a pick-up truck, after people rescued the visibly-debilitated animal from the forest. Mad honey, or “deli bal” in Turkish, is produced in small quantities by beekeepers in the Kaçkar mountains above the Black Sea, the only place in the world other than the foothills of the Himalayas where indigenous species of rhododendrons produce a potent neurotoxin called grayanotoxin.

If bees feed on enough rhododendron nectar, the mud-red honey they produce has a sharp scent and bitter taste – and, for mammal consumers, a potential high. A small spoonful eaten on its own or taken with hot water or boiled milk is enough to induce a mildly hallucinogenic or euphoric state.

30 second advert to see the drunk bear.

Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

French PM sounds climate crisis alarm as ‘ogre-like’ wildfire ragesÉlisabeth Borne makes statement as more than 1,000 firefighters battle huge blaze south of Bordeaux LOL... because wildfires never happened before. Wildfires and their destructive ability are largely a failure of government.
Source: GuardianAus - 🏆 1. / 98 Read more »

Peter Jackson wants to wipe his mind of Lord of the Rings. He should snap out of it | Stuart HeritageAfter six blockbuster Tolkien movies, Jackson wants Derren Brown to wipe his memory of Middle-earth? It’s a boneheaded quest
Source: GuardianAus - 🏆 1. / 98 Read more »

Swapping salt for substitutes reduces risk of stroke and heart conditions – studyHigh blood pressure contributes to around half of all heart attacks and strokes in the UK Erm? And we know how in these trying vaccinated times we need to do that
Source: GuardianAus - 🏆 1. / 98 Read more »

How Bolivia’s ruthless tin baron saved thousands of Jewish refugeesThe long read: He has been described as ‘the worst kind of businessman’, but we now know that industrialist Moritz Hochschild also rescued as many as 20,000 Jews from the Nazis
Source: GuardianAus - 🏆 1. / 98 Read more »

How Bolivia’s ruthless tin baron saved thousands of Jewish refugeesThe long read: He has been described as ‘the worst kind of businessman’, but we now know that industrialist Moritz Hochschild also rescued as many as 20,000 Jews from the Nazis
Source: GuardianAus - 🏆 1. / 98 Read more »

Sydney Opera House glows pink in honour of Olivia Newton-JohnThe sails of the Sydney Opera House are glowing pink tonight, in honour of the global icon Olivia Newton-John. Dominic Perrottet said lighting up the landmark is how the state can recognise the late star's contribution to cancer research. 9News MORE:
Source: 9NewsSyd - 🏆 23. / 51 Read more »