Opium-eating wallabies get high, make crop circles

Fleck750 · 06-26-2009, 12:16 AM

SYDNEY (AFP) — Wallabies are getting "as high as a kite" on opium in Australian poppy fields and flattening crops as they hop round in circles, according to a report.

The marsupials, which look like small kangaroos, have been getting into medical opium crops in the southern island state of Tasmania and chewing on the plant's intoxicating heads, state officials said.

"We have a problem with wallabies entering poppy fields, getting as high as a kite and going around in circles," state attorney-general Lara Giddings told a parliamentary estimates hearing.

"Then they crash. We see crop circles in the poppy industry from wallabies that are high," local media reported Ms Giddings as saying.

Tasmania is the world's largest producer of legally-grown opium for the pharmaceutical market, with about 500 farms supplying approximately 50 percent of the raw material for morphine and other opiate drugs.

Livestock and other animals, such as deer and sheep, which eat the plants had also been seen acting "weird," industry spokesman Rick Rockliff said.

"There have been many stories about sheep that have eaten some of the poppies after harvesting and they all walk around in circles," he said.

shmike · 06-26-2009, 12:19 AM

Got a link for the story?

Fleck750 · 06-26-2009, 12:22 AM

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...A-1XIDfb204Ing

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090625...wallabyoffbeat

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...,4146373.story

This was a by line on BBC news a few mins. ago. Thought it was funny as hell.

HurricaneHeather · 06-26-2009, 12:21 AM

Damn....I need to get into those poppy fields!

Gas Man · 06-26-2009, 08:15 AM

That is awesome. I want some too!

LeeNetworX · 06-26-2009, 09:44 AM

I want to see some pics of their handy work.

Particle Man · 06-26-2009, 09:52 AM

hahahahahahahaha

Wallabie darned

marko138 · 06-26-2009, 09:57 AM

Yeah, I heard this on Stern yesterday. I dont buy it.

Gas Man · 06-26-2009, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Particle Man

hahahahahahahaha

Wallabie darned

I love that drink!!!

06-26-2009, 12:16 AM	#1
Fleck750 Spiker bike Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: KCK Moto: KZ750 Posts: 1,629	Opium-eating wallabies get high, make crop circles SYDNEY (AFP) — Wallabies are getting "as high as a kite" on opium in Australian poppy fields and flattening crops as they hop round in circles, according to a report. The marsupials, which look like small kangaroos, have been getting into medical opium crops in the southern island state of Tasmania and chewing on the plant's intoxicating heads, state officials said. "We have a problem with wallabies entering poppy fields, getting as high as a kite and going around in circles," state attorney-general Lara Giddings told a parliamentary estimates hearing. "Then they crash. We see crop circles in the poppy industry from wallabies that are high," local media reported Ms Giddings as saying. Tasmania is the world's largest producer of legally-grown opium for the pharmaceutical market, with about 500 farms supplying approximately 50 percent of the raw material for morphine and other opiate drugs. Livestock and other animals, such as deer and sheep, which eat the plants had also been seen acting "weird," industry spokesman Rick Rockliff said. "There have been many stories about sheep that have eaten some of the poppies after harvesting and they all walk around in circles," he said.

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Particle Man Custom User Title Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central NY Moto: 2003 SV650S Posts: 14,959	hahahahahahahaha Wallabie darned __________________ I'm not "fat." I'm "Enlarged to show texture." Handle every stressful situation like a DOG: If you can't eat it or hump it, pi$$ on it & walk away.

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Fleck750 Spiker bike Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: KCK Moto: KZ750 Posts: 1,629	http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...A-1XIDfb204Ing http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090625...wallabyoffbeat http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...,4146373.story This was a by line on BBC news a few mins. ago. Thought it was funny as hell.

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HurricaneHeather AMA Supersport Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Sydney Moto: '98 Honda Fireblade Posts: 3,696	Damn....I need to get into those poppy fields!

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