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From: "Ashley Moran" <[log in to unmask]>
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> I beg to differ, as these studies clearly prove:
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/nov/11/lukeharding.mainsection
> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1736673/posts
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Ashley, I have seen ducks so drunk that they staggered when trying to walk. 
Of course, I only saw this during a very short period of time in the fall 
when the grapes in the vineyard had fermented.  Interestingly, there was a 
great deal of heightened sexual activity in the duck community - and I don't 
think it had any connection with egg laying and procreation.  It just seemed 
to be purely enjoyable recreational sex.  In fact, truth be told, I was a 
little put out by some of the male ducks, who would be actively copulating 
with a female while at the same time looking up in the sky for their next 
"date."    ;)

If there is a paleo lesson to be learned from this, it is probably that 
paleo peoples would have ingested "wine" only during a short period in the 
fall of the year.  Don't you think?

Kath