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At very low doses, for example chewing the leaves of coke instead of using the high purified version, it's somewhat like drinking a coffee [1]. I expect the fi
by gus_massa 7mo ago
At very low doses, for example chewing the leaves of coke instead of using the high purified version, it's somewhat like drinking a coffee [1].
I expect the fish to be more active. A coffee patch would be a nice 4th group as another control.
[1] Chewing the leaves of coke is common in many countries of South America, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acullico https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acullico
- tomalbrc 7mo ago[flagged]
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- gus_massa 7mo agoBecause even in low concentrations, I expect cocaine to have a different effect than Valium. (And in both case I expect a different effect at high concentrations.)
- rcbdev 7mo agoWhat the fuck is your problem?
- randerson 7mo agoCoffee can do strange things to animals. There's a study where NASA gave various drugs to spiders to see how it affected their webs[0]. Coffee had a stranger effect on the web than marijuana. [0] https://web.archive.org/web/20210327150247/https://arachnidlady.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/nasa-tech-brief.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20210327150247/https://arachnidl...
- radlad 7mo agoMore than anything this seems like a good reminder that spiders aren't human.
- burnte 7mo agoAnd that can be easy to forget in this fast paced world.
- celticninja 6mo agowhat about spiderman?
- Lio 7mo agoObligatory reference to this classic wildlife film from the Canadian Wildlife Service in Ottawa. It's almost unbelievable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2HipedgM3I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2HipedgM3I
- RajT88 7mo agoSalient point: Caffeine is a chemical that plants evolved multiple times independently as an insecticide.