It's not just two-legged beasts that know how to laugh at themselves, there's no shortage of animals in nature that have fun, and even your fur balls are no exception
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An addict in the animal kingdom
Author: 闰土猹
Review: Xie Chun (B.V.M Master of V.M. Practicing Veterinarian)
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Wine and food are full of lust, and hunger and cold force thieves. Enough to eat and have nothing to do? Hi that's it. From our ancestors, the cavemen, began to chew on psychedelic plants, to the popularization of tobacco and alcoholic drinks, we have to admit that whether it is alcohol or other addictive products, "drug use" is indeed one of the oldest forms of entertainment for mankind.
Interestingly, humans are not the only creatures in the world who know about "drinking vigorously to make miracles", from elephants and lions to cats, cats, dogs and dogs, TA have unique self-hiccups, let's take a look at it
No.5
Together hello!
Animals addicted to alcohol are the most prevalent. In nature, over-ripe fruits have a strong appeal to primates because they usually contain more calories, which means these animals don't need to spend more time and effort looking for other food sources. However, the alcohol produced by fermentation during the maturation process enters the body, which will cause the animals to gradually become dependent on alcohol. On St. Kitts Island, the sneaky sipping of colorful cocktails by black long-tailed monkeys has become a symbol of "harmony" between man and nature.
In addition to our ancestors, bees were also good drinkers. Fermented foods and nectar are bees' favorites, and if possible, it can drink even the strongest liquor – 100% pure alcohol, and I don't know what other creatures besides bees dare to drink pure alcohol. Ironically, drunken bees are more prone to "air crashes," which prevent them from sharing food with their teams and getting their work done. If a bee gets drunk repeatedly, it may provoke its companions around it and be attacked until it is killed.
No.4
No mint, no meowing
Cats and catnip seem to be a new topic, in front of catnip, cats will eat their flowers and rub on the plant. After a few minutes, the cats will begin to show signs of hiccups, including sniffing, licking, rubbing themselves, spinning and jumping without stopping~ and immediately coming drowsiness.
Some cats will be in a daze, drooling, and even fighting eyes. These funny-looking behaviors often amuse the shovelers laugh, and in order to make the usually cold cats make a stupid attempt, many shovelers have gone to the road of "seduction"... But fortunately, the action time is short, not addictive, cool but not harmful, wonderful.
It's funny that it's not just domestic cats who love catnip. Big cats like tigers, leopards and lynx also love it. Some wild cats also look for other medicines in the wild. For example, jaguars eat Kapi wood ( a vine plant native to South America ) , which contains the hallucinogen DMT , which causes vivid hallucinations and enhances the senses.
No.3
Yo yo deer singing? Probably overdone!
Many species of deer get pleasure by eating psychedelic mushrooms, including moose and Reindeer. While foraging, the deer will eat the "fly agaric" that is hidden under the snow and ice.
Fly agaric --- poison fly umbrella, its psychedelic properties once discovered became the darling of religious immortal medicine, magic psychic, folk sleeping pills. However, in China, we generally use it to poison harmful animals such as flies and mice.
After eating fungi, deer often exhibit behaviors similar to "drunkenness", including shaking their heads, walking unconsciously, and shouting loudly, under the influence of poisonous fly umbrellas, unconscious movements often separate them from the deer herd, and the herd combined with vague consciousness can put them in unimaginable danger, predators can effortlessly approach them and cut off their breath, and their cubs are in the same danger.
A picture dedicated to the deer
At the same time, eating such mushrooms will make the reindeer's urine contain pyridine substances, that is, these urine can also be recycled and reused... The reindeer will fight each other for the urine of an "addict". After passing through the deer's digestive and urinary systems, the fungi's hallucinogenic active substances are actually stronger, and many of the chemicals that cause adverse side effects are filtered out. Whether reindeer or humans, anyone or deer who drinks this urine will have a more potent effect than eating primitive mushrooms...
No.2
Sub-non-fish, anzhi fish pleasure?
When it comes to pufferfish, in addition to its silly appearance and tender fish meat, its fierce toxins are also well known to the world.
As the ultimate self-defense weapon of pufferfish, pufferfish poison is 120,000 times more toxic than cocaine, but maybe even the pufferfish itself did not think that one day, its favorite dolphin would wear sexy tights, step on the warm ocean current, and then arch it...
In 1995, marine scientist Lisa Steiner described the strange behavior of dolphins she had witnessed near the Azores. One night, she observed a group of dolphins numbering about 50-60 who appeared to be preying, in groups of four to seven. But they're weird and don't exhibit typical hunting behavior, some are just lazily eating, but more dolphins are just swimming around slowly. Just then, she noticed the pufferfish.
Four swollen puffer fish and dolphins were together, one of which was pushed around by the dolphins, and at the end of the "party", several dolphins lay motionless on the surface of the water, their back ridges and heads clearly visible. Lisa wrote, and considered the behavior to be some kind of game.
Dolphins have observed similar behavior on several occasions in the years since, holding pufferfish in their mouths, squeezing them, and passing them on to other dolphins. Presumably, the dolphins are trying to get puffer fish to release small amounts of neurotoxins, putting them into a state similar to anesthesia. Although some scientists are skeptical that dolphins can control the non-lethal dose of the toxin so precisely, but the sub-fish, the joy of the fish? (ps: dolphins are mammals not fish!) ）
No.1
I took out a clam, do you dare to suck it?
Why does Australia, a country that deeply adheres to the harmony between man and nature, kill innocent toads? - Behind the car, dripping dew, golf clubs, and all kinds of extremes, is it the distortion of human nature or the degeneration of morality?! Please see today's cute claws - "Sea Toad, Queensland"
Back to the point, today's protagonist, the sea toad, was introduced to the country by Queensland government personnel in Australia in 1935 to fight the sugarcane grubs that dealt a devastating blow to the sugarcane industry. Sea toads are not only fertile, but also secrete toxins that are highly toxic, and their recipes are comparable to those of Babe, with almost no natural enemies. The survival philosophy of "eat everything I can eat, poison everything that eats me" led it to rush out of Quintland and occupy the Northern Territory in a short time.
The back of the sea toad secretes a milky white liquid called toad toxin, which contains powerful hallucinogenic ingredients, which can be described as a "clam-type self-propelled drug trafficking machine". Almost all dogs like to lick all kinds of things with their mouths, so once they lick this liquid on the back of the sea toad, just like people take drugs and cats smoke catnip, the more they lick, the more addictive they are, and the hallucinations and pleasure are difficult to extricate themselves. Dobi's owner, from the age of 3 to 4 months, found it obsessed with licking the back of the toad.
"Although these dogs know that it is harmful, they still take the initiative to lick it to get pleasure."
There are countless dogs who have been recruited, and the toad is very toxic, and once it licks too much, it will vomit, spasm, and even have arrhythmias to sudden arrest and death. So to save these poisoned dogs, many pet hospitals in Australia have added "detoxification" programs for pets – by applying mustard to the back of the toad model to help them build a conditioned reflex of seeing the toad fear. Unfortunately, not all dogs can successfully quit addiction, and many go out and then relapse, such as taking advantage of the owner's inattention and quietly licking the toad.
Who knows what's going on in their heads, and maybe they never understand why the fairy tale princess kisses a frog instead of a toad.
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