6 mind-altering animals: Media
The unusual suspects behind some serious “highs”
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Salema porgy, “the fish that makes dreams”
Each fish has 10 golden-yellow lines on its body, running from the head to the base...
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Japanese puffer fish
On average, 50 people are accidentally poisoned in Japan each year from consuming...
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Sonoran Desert toad
Experts are concerned about the conservation of these toads, whose popularity is...
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King cobra
In some countries, such as India, the use of snake venom as a psychoactive substance...
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Scorpion
The venom of this arachnid holds particular appeal for some people in Afghanistan,...
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California harvester ant
The tradition of consuming these insects gradually faded after Europeans colonized...
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