Saturday, January 8, 2011

Bear eating fly agaric


Came across this video depicting a bear cub eating fly agaric and having a little trip. I do not endorse the feeding of fly agaric to animals, but this is interesting and I haven't posted in a while, so there it is.

2 comments:

Brolav said...

Doesn't fly agaric kill people? I thought it was pretty lethal..

The Alabamycologist said...

Fly agaric can kill people, if too much is eaten. How much is too much? It depends on the person but is certainly a function of their mass among other things. A bear, even a baby bear, is pretty massive. Sub-lethal doses can cause hallucinations, but it's a dangerous game that I do not recommend or condone.