Animals & Psychoactives
Animals listed in this section may produce chemicals with psychoactive
or medicinal properties that are used by humans, or the animals themselves
may use psychoactives.
| GENUS / SPECIES | COMMON NAME | CONSTITUENTS |
|---|---|---|
| Apis mellifera | Bees / Honey | Intoxicant |
| Various | Psychoactive Frogs | Psychedelic Tryptamines |
| Bufo alvarius/marinus | Psychoactive Toads | Psychedelic Tryptamines |
| Phyllomedusa bicolor | Monkey Frog | Peptides |
| Latrodectus mactans | Black Widow | Poisonous |
GENERAL INFORMATION #
Hallucinatory Fish Poisoning, de Haro 2006
BOOKS #
Animals and Psychedelics, by G. Samorini
OFF-SITE RESOURCES
ARTICLES & WRITINGS #
Salamander Brandy (PDF)
MEDIA COVERAGE #
Snake venom may hold key to pain relief without side effects - L.A. Times, Oct 3, 2012
Catepillar-Fungus Hybrid Used as Sex Drug - National Geographic, Aug 2012
Inmates Milk, Inject Spider Venom To Get High - AP, Sept 09 2044
Fish that triggers hallucinations found off British coast - Telegraph.co.uk, May 13 2009
Boozing Shrew Drinks "Beer" Every Night - National Geographic, Jul 29 2008
MO man arrested for toad possession - Nov 7 2007
Men hallucinate after eating fish - Practical Fishkeeping, Apr 2006
Drunk birds crash into building's glass - ABC 7, Feb 11 2005
Deadly Spiders as Prison Drugs - Daily Telegraph, Sep 8 2004
Potent painkiller from poisonous frog - New Scientist, May 20 1992
PBS : The Venom Cure, links and books about animal venom medicines
ELEPHANTS #
"Addicted" elephant heads back to Kunming after heroin detox cure - Xinhua, Sep 4 2008
Drunken Elephants: The Marula Fruit Myth - Science Daily, Dec 5 2005
Drunk elephants kill six people - BBC, Dec 17 2002
South Asia India elephant rampage - BBC, Dec 1993
DOLPHINS #
Do Dolphins Really Get 'High' On Pufferfish? - SFGate, Jan 1 2014
Dolphins getting high on fish toxin? Or just a load of puff? - NBCNews, Jan 3, 2014
VIDEO #
Animals Intoxicated on Marula Fruit - YouTube
Iraqi Farmer says he's addicted to eating scorpions (News Report, unverified), 2013