My Mother used to tell about when she lived there back in the '70s, how robins became inebriated nearly every yr. in St. Petersburg, FL from eating the fruit of the Florida Holly, a non-native invasive tree known as the Brazilian Pepper, an exotic that can grow to 40 ft.. Newspapers usually printed pictures ... seemed the colder the weather, the more the fruit would ferment. The same unripe fruit can be fatal to horses. It causes allergic reactions & severe intestinal problems in some people.
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