# Hippy Young Dolphins Using Blowfish to get High **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 11, 2017, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippy-young-dolphins-using-blowfish-to-get-high/779535 "2017-02-11T11:48:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippy-young-dolphins-using-blowfish-to-get-high/779535/1 "2017-02-11T11:48:34Z")
> **['Puff, puff, pass': How WA's dolphins are using blowfish to get high](https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/puff-puff-pass-how-was-dolphins-using-blowfish-to-get-high-20170208-gu86nv.html)** > > In what can only described as a dolphin youngsters doing the 'puff, puff, pass', West Australian dolphins may be using blowfish - or 'blowies' - to get high, scientists have found. \*Pass the blowfish to the left hand side \* ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippy-young-dolphins-using-blowfish-to-get-high/779535/2 "2017-02-11T12:09:58Z")
[Yup,](http://www.cracked.com/article_17032_7-species-that-get-high-more-than-we-do.html) and [yup](http://www.cracked.com/article_23054_6-crazy-ways-animals-have-figured-out-how-to-get-high.html). Links to two Cracked articles on drug use in twelve species of animals. Nothing human is alien to animals. Because we _are_ animals. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippy-young-dolphins-using-blowfish-to-get-high/779535/3 "2017-02-11T16:23:34Z")
Blowfish is the gateway drug to Electric Eel. Before long, you’re ready for the Tuna Nets. Just say ooh ah ah uh. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippy-young-dolphins-using-blowfish-to-get-high/779535/4 "2017-02-11T16:29:27Z")
Meanwhile, PETA is planning protests on behalf of the blowfish. The blowfish just wobble around, cursing evolution. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippy-young-dolphins-using-blowfish-to-get-high/779535/5 "2017-02-11T21:13:58Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippy-young-dolphins-using-blowfish-to-get-high/779535/6 "2017-02-11T21:22:04Z")
Missed edit window - Always wondered what they meant by blow holes. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippy-young-dolphins-using-blowfish-to-get-high/779535/7 "2017-02-11T21:25:03Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > Missed edit window - Always wondered what they meant by blow holes. For a whale or Robert Downey Jr? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippy-young-dolphins-using-blowfish-to-get-high/779535/8 "2017-02-11T21:29:22Z")
"I wasn’t gonna swim to the boat, but then I got high… Was gonna play dead, was just gonna float, until they went by… Now I jump through hoops for fish, and I know why…Hey, heyyy! Because I got high, Because I got high, Because I got high… Nah-na-na-nah-nah-nah…" Okay, I can stop anytime I want… ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippy-young-dolphins-using-blowfish-to-get-high/779535/9 "2017-02-11T22:31:49Z")
Doing blowies? That’s typical Huubster.