While humans carry out social distancing, a group of 14 elephants broke into a village in Yunan province, looking for corn and other food. They ended up drinking 30kg of corn wine and got so drunk that they fell asleep in a nearby tea garden.

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image showing While humans carry out social distancing, a group of 14 elephants broke into a village in Yunan province, looking for corn and other food. They ended up drinking 30kg of corn wine and got so drunk that they fell asleep in a nearby tea garden.

Iwantwhiskeyplease on March 19th, 2020 at 11:17 UTC »

I'm imagining the owners talking about the elephants the way people in North America talk about squirrels or groundhogs.

"Martha, those pesky elephants are back in the corn again!"

Telescope_Horizon on March 19th, 2020 at 11:19 UTC »

A quick google search revealed:

several articles about this story

elephants like corn and fruit

elephants get drunk

I think it's real, either way it's fun

herrblumenkohl on March 19th, 2020 at 11:47 UTC »

Normal party: alcohol, two passed out, there is a couple kissing and some dancing.