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Hello. My name is Xelor

Slingshot Bob said:
Dolphins like a good buzz! https://youtu.be/iVqObIauPJA
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Well, blow me down!

I had no idea that phenomenon occurs among non-human animals. Most amazing, however, is that the dolphins clearly know exactly what they're doing and have discerned that they shouldn't outright eat the fugu, yet if they "mess with" it "just so," they can get a buzz, as it were.

TY for sharing that.
 
Taylor said:
I'd say pretty small as far as whales go, but I imagine it'd still take a lot of vodka to get one drunk!

FWIW "Elephants Drunk on Marula Fruit" appears to be a myth:

Tipsy Elephants Probably Poisoned, Not Drunk​
https://www.livescience.com/3960-tipsy-elephants-poisoned-drunk.html
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Red:
LOL


Blue:
That seems plausible inasmuch as no wild animal is likely to eat some quadruple its maximum food intake.

Be that as it may, the point of my including the video was to illustrate how drunkenness on land and without the stationary and mobile linear reference points -- legs, trees, the plane of the land, etc. -- we use to help us visually distinguish drunkenly moving about from non-drunkenly doing so. Whereas water suspends whales in their space the medium through which land animals move doesn't (other than during flight) do so, plus, we have legs and arms that look ridiculous flailing about unimpeded by air's resistance.

The elephant was a comical piece of the footage (no pun) and their movements look ungainly even though they're probably, as "your" article notes, probably aren't indeed drunk. The smaller creatures shown far more likely are drunk because they likely aren't eating the tree bark from which the elephant gets the toxic beetles/grubs.

That said, I acknowledge that to yours and my eye, a drunk beluga whale probably does still look graceful in a way. The "buzzed" dolphins shown in the video another member posted look somewhat graceful, even though their motions are a bit odd. The ones approaching the fish to ingest the intoxicant/poison look graceful for sure. The ones just hanging there in the water don't look too graceful; indeed they appear much like flotsam and jetsam, which moves with a certain grace, but only as much as the water gives it.
 
Xelor said:
Well, blow me down!

I had no idea that phenomenon occurs among non-human animals. Most amazing, however, is that the dolphins clearly know exactly what they're doing and have discerned that they shouldn't outright eat the fugu, yet if they "mess with" it "just so," they can get a buzz, as it were.

TY for sharing that.
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Turns out drunken monkeys are similar to us!
https://youtu.be/pmnzIhbX2bg
 
Xelor said:
Funny and interesting, no doubt there, though not nearly as astounding (to me, anyway) as are the dolphin revelations you shared.

TY all the same.
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I used to hunt pscilocybin mushrooms like the ones in my avatar. One pasture was heavily wooded with pines and palmettos. It was always loaded with shrooms AND feral hogs. Sometimes, when the shrooms should of been thick, they were sparse. Is it possible others beat me to the treasure? Sure, but it was pretty remote.

I strongly suspect the feral hogs ate them. Imagine that, tripping piggies! One day, I was coming around some brush and came within feet of a pig coming my way, I dont know who turned around and ran quicker!
 
Xelor said:
Do you mean the first or second syllable?
  • I pronounce the initial consonant sound the same way I pronounce the initial consonant sound in "xylophone;" however, the initial consonant isn't quite as clearly a zee sound as is the zee in, say, "zest" or any other word that is spelled with a zee at the start. That said, the whole of the first syllable sounds roughly like "zell."
  • I pronounce the second syllable the same way I pronounce the second syllable of "color." (My accent is mildly non-rhotic.)
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zay-lor

Makes more sense than X-eee-lor
 
Slingshot Bob said:
I used to hunt pscilocybin mushrooms like the ones in my avatar. One pasture was heavily wooded with pines and palmettos. It was always loaded with shrooms AND feral hogs. Sometimes, when the shrooms should of been thick, they were sparse. Is it possible others beat me to the treasure? Sure, but it was pretty remote.

I strongly suspect the feral hogs ate them. Imagine that, tripping piggies! One day, I was coming around some brush and came within feet of a pig coming my way, I dont know who turned around and ran quicker!
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LOL...Nifty anecdote.

Red:
You know the places from which you obtained your 'shrooms better than I. I know only the nature and extent of machinations to which some of my college-era clubmates went to obtain them.

Several of my mates' families had ranches. Those who had siblings back home would pay their kid brothers and sisters to pick them, periodically fly home to get them and return in time for that night's partying. One time, a buddy from TX flew his kid brother and a box of dried 'shrooms east, had him stay at the clubhouse for the weekend (boy, was that a weekend full of firsts for the kid, and flying on a plane wasn't among them...LOL), and then flew the boy back to TX Sunday night.
 
Xelor said:
LOL...Nifty anecdote.

Red:
You know the places from which you obtained your 'shrooms better than I. I know only the nature and extent of machinations to which some of my college-era clubmates went to obtain them.

Several of my mates' families had ranches. Those who had siblings back home would pay their kid brothers and sisters to pick them, periodically fly home to get them and return in time for that night's partying. One time, a buddy from TX flew his kid brother and a box of dried 'shrooms east, had him stay at the clubhouse for the weekend (boy, was that a weekend full of firsts for the kid, and flying on a plane wasn't among them...LOL), and then flew the boy back to TX Sunday night.
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Oh GOD, I used to eat mega doses all thru my early 20's. Would dry them out and store in honey (preserves potency, prevents oxidization).

Would stash my bike in the woods, wear earth tone clothes and go creeping. Some pastures that was required, others in the boondocks, did not matter.

Average take was 2-3 hundred. Hunting was half the fun, like an easter egg hunt for hippies.

Alas, I am no longer interested in eating them, but have hunted for friends a few years back.
 
I think you misunderstood my remarks. "Zee" is the spelling of the final letter of the alphabet, not an indication of the phonetic spelling of how I pronounce the first syllable of "Xelor."


1750Texan said:
zay-lor

Makes more sense than X-eee-lor
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If that's how you care to pronounce it, I'm fine with that. Truly, I'm fine with someone pronouncing it "zee-ler."

I don't know what the phonetic spelling in for the way I pronounce initial exes as are found in, "Xerxes," "Xelor" and "xylophone." FWIW, it's a softer version of the "ts" sound that one utters in Mandarin as with "cai." (I can tell you that to pronounce it, the tip of my tongue taps the upper palate just above my two front teeth and that, unlike when I pronounce any word beginning with "z," uttering that sound will push enough air from my mouth to move a very delicate tissue. I can feel the air on my hand if I hold my hand literally on my lips when I pronounce it.)

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As I noted, when I say it in my mind -- I don't ever say it out loud, for it's just an online ID -- it rhymes more nearly with with "teller" than with "tailor."
 
Slingshot Bob said:
Oh GOD, I used to eat mega doses all thru my early 20's. Would dry them out and store in honey (preserves potency, prevents oxidization).

Would stash my bike in the woods, wear earth tone clothes and go creeping. Some pastures that was required, others in the boondocks, did not matter.

Average take was 2-3 hundred. Hunting was half the fun, like an easter egg hunt for hippies.

Alas, I am no longer interested in eating them, but have hunted for friends a few years back.
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Bold:
Oh, Lord, yes. I tried them and was "over" them almost as soon as I'd learned what they were like. The "trip" was fun, but it lasted too long. I'll never forget asking my friend, John, "How do I make this stop?" He said, "You can't. It ends when it ends." 'Shrooms are definitely, for me, in that "the ride's been fun, but now I'm done; let me the **** off this train" category of "party favors."
 
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