Wallabies have been observed stomping around in circles 'high as a kite' in medicinal poppy fields.
A group of kangaroo-like marsupials has been getting high in Australian poppy fields grown for medicine, and then have hopped around in an opium-induced daze,” according to an official.
“We have a problem with wallabies entering poppy fields, getting as high as a kite and going around in circles. Then they crash,” said Tasmanian attorney general Lara Giddings.
The Australian Broadcasting Corp. says she made the announcement at a hearing on security for poppy crops.
She added that the animals actually have been creating crop circles while under the influence.
Earlier reports say that sheep have also eaten some of the poppies, then walked around in circles.
Australia exports about 50 percent of the world's legally-grown opium used to make morphine and other painkillers.
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