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World's most dangerous drug scopolamine removes free will and memory
- pvaldes 11y agoScopolamine is not the worst drug that plants or animals can create, but is an evil one. Herbivore starts eating a plant, plant first do that the animal forget that was doing, and if persists finally put it at sleep until carnivores arrive. The remains of the corpse feed the plant. A master move if you think about it.
- karmajunkie 11y agoWow, that is insidious. Does it work that way empirically, or is this conjecture?
- pvaldes 11y agoThis is the known effect on primates, first amnesia, then unconsciousness that can last for many hours, and finally death (in higher doses). Herbivores just have learned to avoid it. Even goats that try to eat anything in sight and munch happily cardboard boxes if they can, do not dare to touch this plants. An herbivore unable to wake up and run is quickly spotted by predators.