An official for Tasmania released a statement saying wallabies were getting into the poppy fields, getting "high as a kite," then rolling in circles which create crop circle patterns.
The statement was made during a meeting on the security of the poppy crop. Tasmania supplies about 50% of the legal opium used in medicines and painkillers worldwide. It seems the wallabies are destroying some of the crop with their parties.
Another spokesperson said the incidents were rare and were not limited to the Australian wallabies. Other poppy farmers in the area backed the wallaby claims and added sheep to the equation.
It seems unlikely such "stoned" spinnings would result in the elaborate patterns of classic crop circles.
© C Harris Lynn, 2009
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