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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

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[–] wissenisstmacht@lemmy.world 100 points 1 day ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (11 children)

This seems to be and old hoax / fake news photo. Only one bird survived. They were not poisoned but hit by a vehicle.

https://fakenews.pl/en/general/waxwings-visible-in-the-photo-are-dead-not-drunk-with-alcohol/

Birds do occasionally get ethanol poisoning from frozen/fermented fruits though. Since they are small, the dosage is often lethal.

[–] mapu@slrpnk.net 22 points 21 hours ago (6 children)

Do look up kererū thoigh, real birds that do this every summer in New Zealand x)

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/drunk-kereru-fall-from-trees/PLJ7VXPXRSRDVFENWEDBCHA4TU/

Wonderful behaviours survive evolution without natutal predators

[–] wissenisstmacht@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

Yeah, the birds on Aotearoa truly are a special kind of funny. xD

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