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How much grain is spilled? It seems that given the size of the bears that it would have to be a whole lot to actually get the bears drunk.

I think animals get drunk much easier than humans because we have an adaptation that allows us to process alcohol.

For Humans this adaptation is very localized, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALDH2

Lots of people have less of that ALDH2 gene, so a much smaller dose will be enough to get them drunk.