Dolphins Seem to Use Toxic Pufferfish to Get High
Dec 30, 2013 · Footage from a new BBC documentary series, "Spy in the Pod," reveals what appears to be dolphins getting high off of pufferfish. Pufferfish produce a potent defensive chemical, which they eject...
Dolphins on Drugs - Pass the Puffer! - YouTube
Bottlenose dolphins are filmed apparently getting high on secretions from pufferfish. The pufferfish secrete a neurotoxin that in high doses can kill but in ...
Dolphins ‘deliberately get high’ on puffer fish nerve toxins by ...
May 13, 2021 · In extraordinary scenes filmed for a new documentary, young dolphins were seen carefully manipulating a certain kind of puffer fish which, if provoked, releases a nerve toxin.
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Dolphins getting high on fish toxin? Or just a load of puff? - NBC News
Jan 3, 2014 · A bite of puffer fish can paralyze and kill a human, but dolphins have been seen using the spiky lethal creatures as a chew toy, leading humans to wonder if the sea mammals were getting a buzz...
Do Stoned Dolphins Give 'Puff Puff Pass' A Whole New Meaning?
Dec 30, 2013 · But the most interesting detail seems to have been leaked on Sunday: during the documentary, some of the dolphins reportedly used a pufferfish to get stoned. “Even the brightest humans have succumbed to the lure of drugs and, it seems, dolphins are …
The Hilarious Way Dolphins Get High on Pufferfish - American …
It turns out that some dolphins have been observed deliberately ingesting pufferfish, a type of fish that contains a potent neurotoxin called tetrodotoxin (TTX), for recreational purposes. TTX is a powerful toxin that can cause paralysis and even death in humans who consume it.
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Dec 31, 2013 · A new BBC documentary called Dolphins: Spy in the Pod shows dolphins munching on a pufferfish, passing it around, and then acting dopey. The Sunday Times is saying dolphins intentionally get high...
Docu reveals dolphins chew, pass around puffer fish to experience …
Jan 11, 2014 · Just like people, alarmingly, a BBC One documentary has revealed how some dolphins engage in some very human vices, such as “getting high” on the marine world’s version of narcotic drugs: the puffer fish.
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Apr 17, 2019 · Since late 2013, outlets as serious as Smithsonian Magazine have circulated the claim that dolphins intentionally get "high" by harassing pufferfish. It is further claimed that this is a collective behavior in which dolphins pass around the fish to share among their pod.