“Animals get high” on ARTE.TV

Serge Ahmed (team CANDY) served as a scientific advisor and also appears as an expert interviewee in this documentary, directed by Sébastien Lafont, that uniquely explores the various facets of the use of psychoactive plants and fungi by animals in nature.

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For millennia, nature has been full of surprising substances used not only by humans but also by other animals. Reindeer fond of fly agaric mushrooms, dolphins playing with pufferfish toxins, cats rubbing against catnip to ward off mosquitoes… When it comes to plants, even toxins can be useful—for relaxation or protection. Even if it means getting a little high!

Free access on arte.tv platform from July 22nd.