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 |
| 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 #
Fish that triggers hallucinations found off British coast- May 13 2009, Telegraph.co.uk
Boozing Shrew Drinks "Beer" Every Night, Jul 29 2008, National Geographic
MO man arrested for toad possession, Nov 7 2007
Men hallucinate after eating fish, Apr 2006, practicalfishkeeping
Drunk birds crash into building's glass, Feb 11 2005, ABC 7
Deadly Spiders as Prison Drugs - Daily Telegraph, Sep 8 2004
Potent painkiller from poisonous frog, May 20 1992, New Scientist
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
VIDEO #
Animals Intoxicated on Marula Fruit - YouTube