Drunken Elk Rescued From Swede's Apple Tree

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

So this elk got drunk from eating fermented apples and got stuck in a tree...

http://m.thelocal.se/36002/20110907/

[KamaAina]

1. And here I was thinking this was going to be about a raucous lodge party

held at a bar owned by a guy named Swede in apple country. :P

[Demoiselle]

2. The verbal description is very entertaining...but

I CRAVE pictures!!!!!

[cyglet]

3. Google to the rescue

(that's a moose, not an elk)

[cyglet]

4. Passed out...

[murielm99]

5. I'm glad the elk is all right.

That picture of the poor thing passed out looked very bad. Apparently it recovered. It may still be nearby, but it has recovered.

[cyglet]

6. Moose! n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Quite right.

What they call an elk in Europe is what we call a moose, but it's the same critter, Alces alces.

[cyglet]

11. Hm.

Evidently they called Cervus canadensis "elk" cuz they thought it looked like a moose. :shrug:

Maybe from the back...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. There goes the Wapiti.

Hippity hoppity.

--Ogden Nash

[krispos42]

10. Møøse! n/t

[Swede]

8. I have an apple tree?

That I can get drunk from? There is a Thor!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. Is there a drunken elk in it?