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Did 'Shrooms Send Santa And His Reindeer Flying?

The hallucinogenic mushroom <em>Amanita muscaria</em>. Harvard biologist Donald Pfister claims that both people and reindeer ate the mushrooms. &quot;Reindeers flying -- are they flying, or are your senses telling you they're flying because you're hallucinating?&quot; he says. (flickr)
The hallucinogenic mushroom Amanita muscaria. Harvard biologist Donald Pfister claims that both people and reindeer ate the mushrooms. "Reindeers flying -- are they flying, or are your senses telling you they're flying because you're hallucinating?" he says. (flickr)

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