Documentary filmmakers discover dolphins chew on fish for 'drugs'

Dolphins are known as intelligent and quite friendly animals, but now they are about to receive another title. A new BBC One documentary has uncovered some young dolphins in a rather odd practice, especially for mammals: that of chewing puffer fish.

But why would they do that? According to some researchers involved, puffer fish is a fish that releases a toxin that can make these animals "drugged".

In large quantities, the toxin released by puffer fish is capable of causing death, but in smaller amounts it has narcotic effects. Apparently, dolphins have learned to deal with it and already know what the limit consumption is.

After chewing the animals carefully, they pass the fish to another dolphin and enter a trance state, exhibiting quite different behaviors, including a kind of swimming that leaves them with their heads pointed at the surface of the water, as if enchanted with it. the reflection itself.

The documentary's producers used hidden cameras on turtles and fake fish. In all, 900 hours of recordings were made to try to get to know dolphins' behavior better and better. The images of the "drugged" animals have not yet been displayed, which should happen in January. So, what did you think of this?