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The clever bastards have been watching the farmers and know just when to go after the poppies. They swoop in silently having learned not to draw attention by squawking. The pods they leave behind are destroyed, Opium is one of India's most lucrative crops, so the farmers are frantic to get rid of these pirate bird junkies. Since it's a drug there are stringent requirements for growing, and I'll bet tons of bird shit are not among them!
An opium specialist has advised the substance gives the birds a energetic high similar to caffeine, so opium "use" instantly becomes a habit they can't seem to break. Unfortuntely, this specialist had no advice for getting them off of it.
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The clever bastards have been watching the farmers and know just when to go after the poppies. They swoop in silently having learned not to draw attention by squawking. The pods they leave behind are destroyed, Opium is one of India's most lucrative crops, so the farmers are frantic to get rid of these pirate bird junkies. Since it's a drug there are stringent requirements for growing, and I'll bet tons of bird shit are not among them!
An opium specialist has advised the substance gives the birds a energetic high similar to caffeine, so opium "use" instantly becomes a habit they can't seem to break. Unfortuntely, this specialist had no advice for getting them off of it.
Parrots 'addicted to OPIUM' ravage crops on Indian farms
Footage from India’s Madhya Pradesh state shows parrots tearing apart plants to feed their strange opium habit. Local farmers say they are on near constant alert to stop the birds getting high.
