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[-] nocturne@slrpnk.net 53 points 3 days ago

https://www.discoverwildlife.com/tv/lemurs-licking-millipedes-bbc

They are chewing the millipedes, and then rubbing the saliva and millipede into their fur to act as an insecticide against malaria carrying mosquitoes.

However, this produces an unexpected side effect – the chemicals appear to send them into a “trancelike state” and a “condition of complete intoxication”.

[-] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago

To be fair, the anti-malarial drug Meflaquine/Larium does the same thing to people a bit after you take it.

[-] icelimit@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

So we can just chew millipedes and skip big pharma?

[-] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I'm not stopping you.

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