We already know that just like humans, animals too get high and drunk once in a while with the vices nature has to offer them (of course they don't smoke marijuana like us, they've got their own secret ingredients). Intentionally getting high seems only to be the human affair, or is it?
According to Nature World News, more and more evidence is piling up that shows us that wild animals too like to get that buzz just like your backstreet guys. This also means that they have their own fair share of junkies.
The Pufferfish - The Dolphins Thang
This is one of the best examples of "substance abuse" in nature. A team of scientists and videographers decided to pool their expertise and film over 900 hours of footage that included all the personal activities of dolphins off the coasts of Mozambique, Canada, Florida, South Carolina, Honduras, Costa Rica, Australia, South Africa and Argentina.
The team was able to pull this thing off with the help of 9 realistic "spy creatures" with remote control and hidden cameras.
It was one of those cameras that managed to film a gang of teenage dolphins getting buzzed. They were playing a game of passing the parcel, except, in this case, the parcel was a toxic Pufferfish. Each one would chew the puffer, and then gently pass it around.
Rob Pilley, a zoologist who was the producers on the series called the Dolphins: Spy in The Pod, said "After chewing the puffer and gently passing it round, they began acting most peculiarly.
Hanging around with their noses at the surface as if fascinated by their own reflection."
Since the release of the series, scientists have been discussing about this compelling example of intentional substance abuse in the natural world. This backs other theories that other animals too might be having their fair share of buzzing around the world.
You can watch the dolphin footage below.
