Dolphins are using blowfish to get high

[Ms_Ann]

http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/puff-puff-pass-how-was-dolphins-using-blowfish-to-get-high-20170208-gu86nv.html


According to the documentary, small doses of the toxin have a narcotic effect and the program considered it as recreational drug use by dolphins.

Ms Nicholson said this view was disputed in the scientific community, with some saying the small amounts of tetrodotoxin made the animals feel only numb, not high.

What's wrong with numb?

 

[Aquagal]

Comfortably numb

 

[thør]

moody?

 

[Ms_Ann]

A'aak uh'k eeeeeh ahk ahk'kkk!



The Dolphin alphabet consists of exactly seven letters. Three vowels: a, e, u with lots of umlauts and accent marks to confuse foreigners even more. Three consonants: s, q, k. And the letter h, which..uhh..we don't really get what it is, so just forget about it.

 

[thør]

Mackerel?

 

[toeskr]

I want a dolphin, that ate a blowfish.
Then I can eat it.

 

[Ms_Ann]

Fugu.

 

[toeskr]

Fugu.

Fugu me! I don't want to die, just have a little buzz.

 

[bluekitty69]

http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/puff-puff-pass-how-was-dolphins-using-blowfish-to-get-high-20170208-gu86nv.html


According to the documentary, small doses of the toxin have a narcotic effect and the program considered it as recreational drug use by dolphins.

Ms Nicholson said this view was disputed in the scientific community, with some saying the small amounts of tetrodotoxin made the animals feel only numb, not high.

What's wrong with numb?

Now we know why dolphins are always smiling!

 

[Ms_Ann]

Now we know why dolphins are always smiling!

Well that and eat, fuck, sleep.

 

[Koalabeer]

Familiar?