We’ve told you before that there really isn’t any evidence that animals consume mind-altering substances because they feel good to them. This makes it appear that the fondness for psychoactive drugs is, pretty…human. What is it about our species that makes us so attracted to these substances?
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Did you not at a point publish a post about birds that intoxicated themselves? I don’t recall what they did.
My father on one of his travels as a sailor watched sheep eating tobacco leaves. They got really high and made summersaults … but they did not stop eating the tobacco …
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Somersaulting sheep, that’s astonishing (and yes I published a post about “anting birds” in January https://msamba.wordpress.com/2020/01/06/birds-get-stoned-by-rubbing-ants-on-their-wings/)!
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O.k., I just started to watch the video … (first look, then squeal, one of my bosses used to tell me …)
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I’m unfamiliar with that expression?
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It is just that I commented before watching the video, presuming the contents from its title, very rash … first and last time … most probably … 😉
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Ah (the title caught my attention as well)!
I noted that amongst the many hypothesies he mentioned were parasite elimination (like ants for crows) and medicinal benefits (whether physiological or psychological)? The difficulty in designing an ethical and effective science experiment?
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