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Thebesteva
12-31-2013, 06:14 PM
So much like man

http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/31/5259898/dolphins-caught-chewing-on-fish-to-get-high


Dolphins caught chewing on fish to get high

By Aaron Souppouris (http://www.theverge.com/users/Aaron%20Souppouris) on December 31, 2013 04:28 am Email ([email protected]) @AaronIsSocial (https://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=AaronIsSocial)
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A new BBC documentary will show adolescent dolphins getting high by chewing on pufferfish. The fish secrete a toxin that gives the dolphins a buzz, and the crew on the upcoming show filmed male bottlenose dolphins passing around a puffer fish before acting "most peculiarly." The program's executive producer John Downer notes the dolphin were in a trancelike state, "hanging around with their noses at the surface as if fascinated by their own reflection."


Dolphins aren't the first animals caught getting high — moose have for many years been observed getting drunk by eating fermented apples (http://www.thelocal.se/20130828/49908). The footage was captured thanks to a number of bizarre contraptions created for the documentary Spy in the Pod. The crew modified remote-controlled cameras to resemble a tuna (pictured above), turtle, squid, and dolphin in order to film the animals without disturbing them.

RD2191
12-31-2013, 06:18 PM
Only a matter of time before Leetonidas tries to lick a puffer-fish.

Rogue
12-31-2013, 06:38 PM
dolphins are much smarter than we think they are, definitely the smartest animal outside primates tbh.

Fillmoe
01-02-2014, 03:15 AM
dolphins are the rapists of the sea breh....

Katherine Robinson
01-02-2014, 08:52 AM
This does not surprise me, Dolphins have been known to enjoy the same vices humans do.