Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/09/20/scientists-gave-octopi-mdma-t.html
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Hmm, remind me not to tell you about that time I wore androstadienone (putative human sex pheromone) to a party.
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Octopusses or octopodes, not octopi 
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I wanna see Alex Jones turn this into a “turning the frickin frogs gay” rant.
“THESE SCIENTISTS, THEY’RE SITTING AROUND ORGANIZING OCTOPUS RAVE ORGIES”
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The cuddles are a bit much though, all those suckers stuck everywhere. Handsy little buggers.
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Never asked myself before just what an octopus would grow in its garden. It’s not like they eat vegetables.
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An assistant Professor with the super bad-ass sounding name, Gül Dölen (I mean, double umlaut; that’s METAL), experimenting with drugs on octopuses?! This sounds like the set up an Aquaman adventure.
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So to quell Cthulhu we gotta turn him into a giant rave party?
Edit: unceunceunceunceunceunceunceunceunceunceunce… :3
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Things tend to get handsy when we give sea life the good drugs…
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i DO love tracking down the original source
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(18)30991-6
TLDR: they got high AF and all touchy touchy
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“When the moon flees the sky thanks to a huge octopi, that’s Cthulhu.”
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Also, between this and the stoned lobsters, what’s up with scientists giving drugs to non-human animals? If these need a test subject, I’m totes available.
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No kidding. I’ve yet to try MDMA, but I have a theory that I would enjoy it. Is there a scientist reading with the hookup and a willingness to help test that theory?
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It’s fun, but as with most drugs, it’s best in the company of people you like and trust. So I’ve heard.
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Hey! Tell me about that time you wore androstadienone to a party!
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Indeed they are…
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“The scientists took this to mean that despite our vastly different brains, social behavior is built into the very molecules coded by our DNA, Dölen explained.”
hope they give their arms a rest after that long reach.
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Someone needs to do a picture of an octopus rave.
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Ooo. That could be tough. I don’t like very many people. And I trust even fewer.
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