Peculiar Potions
The series exploring strange animal behaviour looks at how they use drugs and alcohol, from starlings that perform aromatherapy to monkeys with a liking for happy hour.
Series exploring strange animal behaviour looks at how a surprising number of creatures take substances for pleasure or to cure ailments. Discover starlings that use aromatherapy, chimps that administer their own medicine, an odd amphibian that can heal itself, bee bouncers that stop drunk and disorderly bees returning to the hive, monkeys whose liking for happy hour tells us about our own drinking habits, lemurs that ingest mind-altering millipedes, hedgehogs that indulge in strange rituals, cats that get high on plants and reindeer whose fondness for magic mushrooms may have spawned the greatest legend of them all.
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Happy hour
Duration: 03:07
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A liking for licking
Duration: 01:28
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Narcotic insecticide
Duration: 02:43
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Catnip fix
Duration: 01:46
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Series Producer | John Downer |
| Narrator | Ciaran McMenamin |
| Camera Operator | Rod Clarke |
| Camera Operator | Steve Downer |
| Camera Operator | Warwick Sloss |
| Camera Operator | John Waters |
