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Mountain gorillas drunk on bamboo, Rwanda, Africa - Mar 2009
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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Andy Rouse / Rex Features ( 875310c )
A Mountain Gorilla (son of Kwitonda the resident silverback of the group) gets drunk on bamboo shoots, FULL FEATURE AVAIL{br}{br}Wildlife photographer Andy Rouse had a close encounter with a family of mountain gorillas - and discovered them DRUNK.{br}{br}The tipsy beasts had been slurping alcoholic sap from fresh bamboo shoots and looked completely bewildered by booze.{br}{br}The family were pictured in Virunga Mountains of Rwanda, Africa.{br}{br}'It was not exactly Gorillas In The Mist, more like gorillas who were p*****,' said Rouse, 43, who was on his fourth trip to see the primates.{br}{br}'I had heard they sometimes get like this, but I had never actually seen it. It was just like any family party when one or two members have a little bit too much to drink.{br}{br}'The boss of the group, a huge silverback called Kwitonda, and some of the younger males were completely out of it.{br}{br}'Some were running round cackling to each other, others were going mad swinging through the trees, some were just lying on the ground in an inebriated state.
Giddy gorillas get drunk on bamboo
GIDDY GORILLAS GET DRUNK ON BAMBOO
Wildlife photographer Andy Rouse had a close encounter with a family of mountain gorillas - and discovered them DRUNK.
The tipsy beasts had been slurping alcoholic sap from fresh bamboo shoots and looked completely bewildered by booze.
The family were pictured in Virunga Mountains of Rwanda, Africa.
'It was not exactly Gorillas In The Mist, more like gorillas who were p*****,' said Rouse, 43, who was on his fourth trip to see the primates.
'I had heard they sometimes get like this, but I had never actually seen it. It was just like any family party when one or two members have a little bit too much...
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Mountain gorillas drunk on bamboo, Rwanda, Africa - Mar 2009
No sales permitted before 25/03/09, No BBC Wildlife, no Swedish newspapers, no Terre Savage in France
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Andy Rouse / Rex Features ( 875310aa )
A Mountain Gorilla (son of Kwitonda the resident silverback of the group) gets drunk on bamboo shoots, FULL FEATURE AVAIL{br}{br}Wildlife photographer Andy Rouse had a close encounter with a family of mountain gorillas - and discovered them DRUNK.{br}{br}The tipsy beasts had been slurping alcoholic sap from fresh bamboo shoots and looked completely bewildered by booze.{br}{br}The family were pictured in Virunga Mountains of Rwanda, Africa.{br}{br}'It was not exactly Gorillas In The Mist, more like gorillas who were p*****,' said Rouse, 43, who was on his fourth trip to see the primates.{br}{br}'I had heard they sometimes get like this, but I had never actually seen it. It was just like any family party when one or two members have a little bit too much to drink.{br}{br}'The boss of the group, a huge silverback called Kwitonda, and some of the younger males were completely out of it.{br}{br}'Some were running round cackling to each other, others were going mad swinging through the trees, some were just lying on the ground in an inebriated state.
Giddy gorillas get drunk on bamboo
GIDDY GORILLAS GET DRUNK ON BAMBOO
Wildlife photographer Andy Rouse had a close encounter with a family of mountain gorillas - and discovered them DRUNK.
The tipsy beasts had been slurping alcoholic sap from fresh bamboo shoots and looked completely bewildered by booze.
The family were pictured in Virunga Mountains of Rwanda, Africa.
'It was not exactly Gorillas In The Mist, more like gorillas who were p*****,' said Rouse, 43, who was on his fourth trip to see the primates.
'I had heard they sometimes get like this, but I had never actually seen it. It was just like any family party when one or two members have a little bit too muc...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/HIDVVIZQ
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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Eye Ubiquitous / Rex Features ( 828897a )
Silverback mountain gorilla. Virunga Mountains CONGO
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