How Dolphins Get High

Dolphins hunt pufferfish specifically to get high. They position themselves carefully to get sprayed with toxin in the face—the dose has to be perfect, just enough to send you floating without killing you. Then they swim around completely blissed out, grinning like they’ve cracked the code of existence.

The part that stays with me: they obviously know what they’re doing. This wasn’t an accident. They figured it out and committed to it. Other dolphins learn it. Groups of them get wasted together on weekends, basically.

There’s something I respect about that. An animal smart enough to know it’s stuck in its own head, and shameless enough to just get high anyway. No justification, no therapy-speak, no performance. I want to feel different, here’s a way, let’s go.