Dolphins Get High On Pufferfish | Don’t Try At Home
“A new documentary series by BBC One, called “Dolphins: Spy in the Pod,“ reportedly shows young dolphins getting “high“ off a nerve toxin released by pufferfish and then passing it around.
In a widely-circulated quote from The Sunday Times, zoologist Rob Pilley, who worked as a producer for the series, says that the dolphins “are purposely experimenting with something we know to be intoxicating,“ which led to them to enter a “trance-like state.“
“After chewing the puffer gently and passing it around, they