The Salema Porgy, a fish found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, is known for its hallucinogenic properties. These effects, which can last up to 36 hours, are believed to be caused ...

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Salema Porgy, known for its golden stripes, is a fish that can cause hallucinations when consumed. Recorded instances from 1994 and 2002 demonstrated severe visual and auditory hallucinations ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Cooking this so-called "dreamfish" won’t necessarily spare ...

There is a species of fish that can cause hallucinations when eaten. Called the Salema porgy, the yellow-striped sea bream is informally known as the dreamfish for this reason. As Atlas Obscura notes ...

This is the mouth of a sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), a marine fish with one set of very human-looking teeth, and a whole mess of hellishly stubby, decidedly un-human-looking teeth. It is ...

In the vast and mysterious oceans, there are many fascinating and little-known creatures. One among them is the Salema Porgy fish (Sarpa salpa), often known by the name, "dreamfish." This species of ...

The world under the sea is like an enigma to us humans. While we keep on exploring the depth of it with new adventures, there's still so much more about the aquatic world that we don't know. From ...