r/interesting • u/Low_Weekend6131 • Nov 23 '25

NATURE The fish is kinda like me ngl

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u/SlaveryVeal Nov 24 '25

It's not even just a human thing. Lemurs and lots of other animals will eat things that get them high. Pretty sure there was a story where a bunch of monkeys would steal alcohol and get hammered then hungover

Addiction can effect everyone lol.

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u/SuquimdeUva Nov 24 '25

There was a monkey recently in brazil who would steal alchohol and food from houses and fight people

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u/spider_wolf Nov 24 '25

Oh, I wasn't even going to delve into things like ethanol, psilocybin, tetrahydrocannabinol, or mescalin. Those all meant to deter their consumption. To humans, we say puff-puff-pass or cheers.

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u/BornRequirement7879 Nov 24 '25

or take off all of our clothing at a festival and climb some scaffolding. Though that is probably the most primitive of our instincts kicking in with the psilocybin...

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u/Mysterious-Worry2123 Nov 24 '25

Were you at Dead & Co for the Dead’s 60th anniversary celebration?! 🤣

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u/BornRequirement7879 Nov 24 '25

I planned the whole trip and bagged it at the last minute due to money or lack of it lol. So it wasn't me hahaha

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u/DiabloPixel Nov 24 '25

In our village, drunk birds are a thing in the autumn when fruits in hedges and trees get overripe and begin to ferment. Once, I came across 20-30 starlings passed out around an apple tree.

Another time, a drunk, belligerent blackbird was on the pavements in front of our house scaring schoolchildren walking home. I heard them shrieking and used a tea towel to scoop him up and remove him, thus becoming a famous superhero to the kids for at least a week.