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Couldn’t this behavior just be replicated again by giving an elephant some kind of elephant cigarette and seeing what it does?
by matte_black 9y ago
Couldn’t this behavior just be replicated again by giving an elephant some kind of elephant cigarette and seeing what it does?
- mc32 9y agoAs far as I could tell, this wasn't about getting stimulated by the release/ingestion of chemicals but rather involved zoopharmacognosy, given the "smoke" was produced by expelling a cloud of ash. I.e. it wasn't trying to get high for the sake of getting high but rather trying to counteract the effects of pathogens.
- mar77i 9y agoJust because the pathogens that make humans want to get high aren't always merely chemical in nature, doesn't mean they're not pathogens either.
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