Dr Mareike Janiak

You could potentially say that, but we don't know the rates at which elephants metabolise ethanol.

No.

Further research is needed.

So we didn't look at donkeys specifically, but we looked at horses.

Pretty closely related genetically.

And interestingly, horses are similar to elephants in that they don't have a functioning gene anymore.

So it's quite possible that the donkey you're talking about was also quite a lightweight.