The possum drank the whiskey drunk and fell on the shelf. The clerk couldn’t laugh or cry

2018-01-01 「 1161 words / 2 minute 」
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佛罗里达州的一只负鼠在庆祝感恩节时喝了太多的波旁威士忌,现已恢复。
A Florida opossum has recovered after having one too many sips of bourbon while celebrating Thanksgiving.
感恩节第二天,沃尔顿堡滩“卡什酒水店”的员工回去上班,发现货架上有一只负鼠,旁边有一个破掉的波旁威士忌酒瓶,而且酒瓶已经空了,推测是被负鼠喝光了。
Employees at Cash's Liquor Store in Fort Walton Beach went back to work the day after Thanksgiving and found an opossum up on a shelf next to a broken and empty bottle of bourbon, assuming that the opossum had drank it all.
店主卡什·穆尔表示,这是第一次有负鼠闯进他的店里。
Owner Cash Moore said this was the first time he's experienced an opossum break-in at his business.
翡翠海岸野生动物收容所的技术人员米歇尔·佩蒂斯称,这只雌性负鼠是被一名警官送到收容所的,当时它看起来虚弱无力,失去了方向感,还流了很多口水。
Michelle Pettis, a technician at Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge, said the female opossum, who was brought in by a police officer, appeared pale and disoriented and was salivating excessively.
工作人员用液体灌洗掉这只有袋类动物身体系统里的酒精。几天后,这只负鼠清醒过来,随后被平安放归大自然。
The staff pumped the marsupial with fluids to flush out the alcohol in her system. She sobered up in a few days and was then released unharmed.
目前仍不清楚这只负鼠是怎么闯进卡什酒水店的。佩蒂斯则将该动物描述为“庞然大物”。
It's still unclear how the animale broke into Cash's. Pettis described the animal as "fairly large."