Η αλήθεια για τη μαρούλα
Πρώτα, παρακολουθήστε το διασκεδαστικότατο αυτό απόσπασμα από την ταινία
Animals Are Beautiful People (1974) του Τζέιμι Ουάις (
Jamie Uys), που έγινε πιο γνωστός εδώ από τα
Και οι θεοί τρελάθηκαν (1 και 2).
Η αλήθεια είναι ότι η μαρούλα (σκληροκαρυά) δεν ευθύνεται για αυτά που βλέπουμε στο βίντεο. Σύμφωνα με την
Wikipedia:
The marula fruit is also eaten by various animals in Southern Africa. In the movie Animals Are Beautiful People by Jamie Uys, released in 1974, some scenes portray elephants, warthogs and monkeys becoming intoxicated from eating fermented marula fruit. Later research showed that these scenes were improbable and, in all probability, staged. Elephants would need a huge amount of fermented marulas to have any effect on them, and other animals prefer the ripe fruit. The amount of water drunk by elephants each day would also dilute the effect of the fruit to such an extent that they would not be affected by it.
Για πιο φλύαρη ανάλυση υπάρχει το
National Geographic.