WHICH IS WHY THEY'RE ALWAYS SMILING

Dolphins ‘deliberately get high’ on puffer fish nerve toxins by carefully chewing and passing them around

(Thanks to Ken Fineberg)

Comments

[Annie Where-but-here]

Dude - why do you think they call them 'puffer' fish?

[JG]

Remember not to Bogart that puffer fish...

[Annie Where-but-here]

"The documentary makers used spy cameras hidden in fake turtles, fish and squid to film 900 hours of footage showing dolphins in their natural habitats."

The Wild Kingdom's NSA.

[Annie Where-but-here]

Some of the new animal treats available at the Denver Zoo include: Meowy Wowie, Sharkbark, Mountain High Lionweed, Cougar Sugar, Tortoise Porchgiggle, Whatatuska Thunderstruck and Flippin' Flippy Flipper.

[LeDud]

JG beat me to it. I picture a dolphin on a big chopper with an American flag helmet and a big rendition of "BORN TO BE WILD" by Stepanwolf. Maybe a sidekick frog with the name of Hopper......

[Clankazoid]

Finally an explanation for that senseless racket Flipper was always making.

[Annie Where-but-here]

Clank: "What's that Flipper? Timmy's in the well? No? What? Oooh, Timmy's in the weed!"

[Betsy]

Note that these were "young dolphins." You have to expect some puffer fish experimentation at that age.

[Spiccoli the Dolphin]

Whoa, dude! You hear that? *thunk* *thunk*

That's my beak!

[billb]

It is all fun and games til someone humps the turtle

[Steve]

The shark's a narc.

[Gargoyle Socks]

After they pass around the puffer fish, they get the munchies and scarf on Goldfish.

[HogsAteMySister]

So Flipper didn't really live "in a world full of wonder,flying there-under, under the sea!"

He was just stoned.

Which explains a lot; like that water flipping thing, and also floating on his side while laughing.

We should have seen the telltale signs.

[Omniskeptic]

Colorado. Legalization. Bears. This is going to end badly.

The Park Service is already putting up new signage:
Do not turn on the wildlife.

[Kennef]

Omni..you forgot the rest of the sign:

Or the wildlife will turn on you.

[funny man]

This was every Saturday night in my old college dorm...we'd sit around sharing 'puffer'....stories...

[Omniskeptic]

Turn on, tune in, chase tasty tourists.