Dolphins in Australia Like to Get Stoned

Just as humans have figured out how to harness the hallucinogenic properties of just about anything, dolphins seem to have found a vice of their own. A group of porpoises off the coast of Australia was recently caught passing around blowfish in an apparent attempt to get high.
Krista Nicholson, a researcher at Murdoch University who monitors dolphins just south of Perth, noted that the juveniles like to hold puffer fish—known in Australia as "blowies"—in their mouths for a few hours then pass them around because apparently it produces a narcotic effect. Blowfish contain a toxin called tetrodotoxin, which is extremely lethal in humans. However, scientists believe that small doses can put dolphins into a trance-like state.
 "After chewing the puffer gently and passing it round, they began acting most peculiarly, hanging around with their noses at the surface as if fascinated by their own reflection."

Dolphins aren't the only animals that are known to use different substances to have a good time. Reindeer in Siberia are fans of hallucinogenic mushrooms, Amanita muscaria, that grow wild where they live. (Can you blame them?) And wallabies in Tasmania have been known to eat poppies near their habitat, then run around in circles and pass out.

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