After ingesting ‘mahua’ liquor, 24 elephants sleep for hours in Odisha forest
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By PTI
KEONJHAR: People of a village in Odisha went inside a forest to organize ‘mahua’, a standard nation liquor, however discovered {that a} herd of elephants already devoured the water fermented with the intoxicating flowers and are in deep sleep.
The villagers dwelling close to Shilipada cashew forest in Keonjhar district noticed {that a} complete of 24 jumbos, who have been apparently drunk, have been sleeping close to the place the place mahua flowers have been stored in water in giant pots for fermentation.
“We went into the jungle at around 6 am to prepare mahua and found that all the pots were broken and the fermented water is missing. We also found that the elephants were sleeping. They consumed the fermented water and got drunk,” Naria Sethi, a villager, mentioned.
There have been 9 tuskers, six females and 9 calves.
“That liquor was unprocessed. We tried to wake up the animals but failed. The forest department was then informed,” he mentioned.
Forest division personnel after reaching the spot within the jungle below the Patana forest vary needed to beat drums to wake the herd up.
The elephants then went deep contained in the forest, mentioned Ghasiram Patra, the forest ranger. Sethi mentioned the herd left the place at round 10 am. The forest official, nonetheless, will not be positive whether or not the elephants bought drunk after consuming fermented mahua.
“Maybe, they were just resting there,” Patra mentioned.
Villagers, however, insisted that they noticed the elephants sleeping in intoxicated circumstances at numerous locations near the damaged pots on Tuesday.
The flowers of Mahua tree (Madhuca longifolia) are fermented to provide an alcoholic drink additionally known as Mahua.
Tribal women and men in numerous elements of India historically make this liquor.
KEONJHAR: People of a village in Odisha went inside a forest to organize ‘mahua’, a standard nation liquor, however discovered {that a} herd of elephants already devoured the water fermented with the intoxicating flowers and are in deep sleep.
The villagers dwelling close to Shilipada cashew forest in Keonjhar district noticed {that a} complete of 24 jumbos, who have been apparently drunk, have been sleeping close to the place the place mahua flowers have been stored in water in giant pots for fermentation.
“We went into the jungle at around 6 am to prepare mahua and found that all the pots were broken and the fermented water is missing. We also found that the elephants were sleeping. They consumed the fermented water and got drunk,” Naria Sethi, a villager, mentioned.
There have been 9 tuskers, six females and 9 calves.
“That liquor was unprocessed. We tried to wake up the animals but failed. The forest department was then informed,” he mentioned.
Forest division personnel after reaching the spot within the jungle below the Patana forest vary needed to beat drums to wake the herd up.
The elephants then went deep contained in the forest, mentioned Ghasiram Patra, the forest ranger. Sethi mentioned the herd left the place at round 10 am. The forest official, nonetheless, will not be positive whether or not the elephants bought drunk after consuming fermented mahua.
“Maybe, they were just resting there,” Patra mentioned.
Villagers, however, insisted that they noticed the elephants sleeping in intoxicated circumstances at numerous locations near the damaged pots on Tuesday.
The flowers of Mahua tree (Madhuca longifolia) are fermented to provide an alcoholic drink additionally known as Mahua.
Tribal women and men in numerous elements of India historically make this liquor.
