Teen dolphins get high by chewing puffer fish

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Teenage dolphins get their kicks by chewing on the skin of puffer fish to get high. The puffer fish secretes a powerful poison called tetrodotoxin that can easily kill a human but can give a tingly and light-headed feeling in the correct dose. A BBC documentary shows dolphins enjoying the puffer skin secretion recreationally, even passing it around the way that human teenagers might pass around a joint.

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