Turkey: Bear rescued after getting high on 'mad honey' | Metro News

2022-08-20 11:19:10 By : Ms. Leaf Ye

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Hallucinogens have the potential to expand the mind, open new dimensions and reveal the deepest secrets of an infinite cosmos – or they can turn you into an absolute mess.

This young bear cub learned the hard way that the road to spiritual enlightenment may not lie in psyche-bending substances after all.

The cub was found high as a kite in Turkey after gorging itself on a type of honey that can make animals trip balls.

She appears to have snaffled up a heavy dose of ‘mad honey’, known as ‘deli bal’ in Turkish.

The wavy substance, which is produced by rhododendrons, transformed the honey hungry bear from Winnie the Pooh into a classic Glastonbury casualty (if a little furrier).  

Rescuers found her staggering around a rural part of Duzce province earlier today looking like she’d just wandered bleary-eyed out of a 1960s squat.

The bear was loaded onto the back of a truck, where she managed to get sat upright and looked like she might be having a good think about the universe and God and stuff.

That, or she was wondering how she ended up propped up next to a diesel generator and was wishing everything would just go back to normal.

Düzce’de bitkin halde bulunan yavru boz ayımızın sağlık durumu iyi, ekiplerimiz tedavisine devam ediyor. @milliparklar Balın dozunu kaçıran sevimli “kızımıza” bir isim verelim, adıyla yaşasın😊 💬 pic.twitter.com/dZsI2FcsIw

Footage of the bear was shared by a Turkish government ministry, with people invited to suggest a name for the adorable space cadet.

In lieu of a chillout tent, the bear was taken to a vets and given the once over.

Officials say she’s coming down and will soon be sober enough to be released back into the wild, maybe with a new perspective on life and time and whatever.

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