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Spotted at Singapore Zoo

118 sats \ 4 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 15 Mar

That's actually a funny fact. It reminded me of one I saw on TV the other day. Reindeer eat hallucinogenic mushrooms.

https://www.reed.edu/biology/courses/BIO342/2014_syllabus_old/2014_WEBSITES/james_fisher-smith_jesse_duham_drugs&behavior/ReindeerFlyAgaric.html

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @gnilma 15 Mar

They eat them to stay high so they don't crash land when pulling Santa's sleigh.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 17 Mar

The guy who came up with the idea that Santa Claus has flying reindeer is probably the one who ate the mushrooms :)

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @carlosfandango 15 Mar

How do you think Santa’s Reindeer stay up? The fact reindeer eat Fly Agaric and aren’t affected yet the tribal shaman would take a pinch and go into a day long trip to the spirit world gave rise to the idea

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 17 Mar

😂 #468422 👀

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 15 Mar

What did they try before they figured it out? And how did they figure it out. You don’t just chilli oil your rope on a whim…. I feel this fact is only half complete, brilliant, but half complete lol