Do Fishes Hallucinate Human Folks?

Journal Title: Archive of Food and Nutritional Science - Year 2017, Vol 1, Issue 1

Abstract

Hallucinogenic fishes are fishes that can create hallucinations if their tissue is ingested. These incorporate certain types of fish found in a several parts of the tropics. The impacts of eating hallucinogenic fishes are rumored to be comparative in a few viewpoints to lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) or dimethyltryptamine (DMT). The encounters may incorporate distinctive sound-related and visual hallucinations. This has offered ascend to the collective common name “dream fish” for hallucinogenic fish. Sarpa salpa, a species of sea bream, is commonly claimed to be hallucinogenic. In 2006, two men who apparently ate the fish experienced mind flights going on for a few days. It is misty whether the poisons are delivered by the fish themselves or by marine algae in their diet.

Authors and Affiliations

R Dinesh, S Abraham, K Kathiresan, V Susitharan, C Jeyapavithran, T Paul Nathaniel, P Siva Ganesh

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  • EP ID EP541946
  • DOI 10.29328/journal.afns.1001003
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R Dinesh, S Abraham, K Kathiresan, V Susitharan, C Jeyapavithran, T Paul Nathaniel, P Siva Ganesh (2017). Do Fishes Hallucinate Human Folks?. Archive of Food and Nutritional Science, 1(1), 20-23. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-541946