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In February 2015, an image allegedly showing a drunk gorilla throwing a punch at a photographer went viral. The photograph was taken by wildlife photographer Christophe Courteau at Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda and was originally posted by the Caters News Agency along with a story about the potentially dangerous encounter: While Caters News Agency had several photos illustrating that a brief gorilla-photographer altercation occurred, researchers at Smithsonian Magazine took issue with the claim that the gorilla was drunk on bamboo, explaining that it is impossible for bamboo to ferment in a gorilla's stomach: This wasn't the first time that claims about drunk gorillas had circulated online. In 2009, the Daily Mail published a series of images taken by wildlife photographer Andy Rouse in the Rwandan mountains. Similar to Courteau's encounter (although lacking a physical altercation), the gorillas were observed acting drunk: Both Courteau's and Rouse's claims were based on their observations, and no one disputed the fact that those gorillas were acting funny. But according to Lambert, acting funny is not the same thing as actually being drunk:
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