This is the moment a deer runs in circles beside the road after a juicy bender on fermented fruit, leaving it looking edgy.
The furry creature was seen trying to balance by moving in circles in a field.
In footage captured by a French driver, the deer was seen moving in circles among the grass.
Leaping around, the animal stumbled several times throughout the video.
He appeared to become still again, before stopping to look around.
In another disturbing moment, his head began to shake back and forth.
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Explaining the strange sighting, the police said that the deer might have eaten the fermented forest fruit and left it intoxicated.
The French Gendarmerie in the Saône-et-Loire department released footage, warning drivers to be wary of animals experiencing similar symptoms.
The roe deer species is reportedly commonly known for eating fluffy snacks.
The deer species – seen in the video – lives in Burgundy, France.
In a post on social media, the police department joked: “Ladies and gentlemen… not all people walking down the street are sober. This footage proves it.”
“In springSome wild animals consume buds, fermented fruits or decaying plants… and their behavior can be completely unpredictable,” the post reads.
“The danger is that they may cross the road suddenly, their trajectory may be inconsistent, stop suddenly in the road, and run disorganized.”
Police further said that accidents can happen very quickly at night and on secondary roads, encouraging drivers to be cautious while driving.
“So, we slow down, we anticipate, we can avoid car accidents, and we can double our vigilance in a wooded area,” the post reads.
“If Bambi drinks in the woods, it’s not the time to drive like you have the road on you.
“Take it Good Evening.”
Later, the department said it was “impossible to establish a definitive veterinary diagnosis” for the animal.
Police said, “The observed behavior may be compatible with the ingestion of fermented plant matter, which is a very well-known and very common phenomenon in some cervids in the spring.”
“But other causes cannot be clearly ruled out: injury, disease, trauma or neurological disorders.”
