I imagine it’s either there’s a chemical in the new fungi that specifically makes the rams high but not us or there is something in there that doesn’t affect them but is toxic to us
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Donkter@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Is there a reason we haven’t tried this narcotic fungi?
Shrooms are great, why not try other 'gi?
CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
Based on a cursory Google searchch with the terms “bighorn sheep”+“Psychoactive fungi” it would seem they are referring to rumors of a psychoactive lichen that have not been formally identified.
-Also, mushrooms are fungi.
-Thirdly, you don’t want to eat Amanita Muscaria aka fly agaric unless you have thorough knowledge of what your doing. It contains a hepatotoxic compound (hence the deer piss reference in someone else comment) and it’s not to be confused the Psilocybin containing mushrooms AKA magic mushrooms. —The more you know 🌈
Windex007@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Humans actually do, but they do it by drinking the reindeer piss after the reindeer have eaten it.