Magic mushrooms & Reindeer - Weird Nature - BBC animals

[KingChron621]

ROGAN!

[crossjbeer]

Okay, who brought the bone meal to the shroom party!

[Ligermorph]

Hanging out in the snow, sharing a few shrooms with reindeer and drinking piss.

Damn, those Sámi shamans sure knew how to party!

[mariJUANAMOvies]

You damn kids better not be on the internet again.

[itsmehunter92]

so... Santa's on mushrooms?

[hellmaster3000]

Fuck man, I wish I watched this while I tripped...

[swindle2345]

1up?

[budoracle]

I only got high on these schrooms once. The spirits of animals and trees began to commune with me. When walked into my motor home the textured ceiling was covered with millions of little worms hanging down all with smiley faces and waving their tiny little right arms at me in a gesture of welcome. A funny very happy little hallucination which I will likely never forget. I felt very connect to all life surrounding me...

[failblorg]

so THIS is what makes raindeer fly!!

[TygerRRT]

...except that the original Santa Claus derived from a 4th century patron saint of children, named 'Nikolaus von Myra'. He was sainted and his day was December 6, which was the original day of gift giving. Only much later did the myth of the flying Santa Claus arrive (19th century) and the celebration on December 25th become popular after the reformation.

[Pr0Zak666]

@TygerRRT they never claimed in the video that this was the origin of santa, they claim some believe that this culture and it's beliefs were drawn upon to create the legend of santa.

[konqueror1]

A. Muscaria is Red/White, Santa Claus is Red/White, the thrones on top of it was later the thrones on top of Jesus' head. Read John Allegro's books to learn more.

[beckweth]

Once ingested, the amanita muscaria's potent ingredient turns into ibutonic acid - available in the urine of the one ingesting the shroom.

[Conosur2008]

Cute! reindeers high on mushrooms, they can fly!!!!

[konqueror1]

Amazing how early Christianity and many other world religions originated from this Psilocybin Mushroom "A. Muscaria." People just don't get it!

[Jayate]

@konqueror1 A.Muscaria is not a psilocybin mushroom. The active ingredient is muscimol.

[CityLights452]

This makes sense. I think in switzerland it is that they have a legend of a man in a red suit that delivers mushrooms to peoples houses but since the snow is so high he has to drop it down their chimney since theyve been snowed in lolz

[CityLights452]

So reindeer dont fly... they just think they do

[noobcake19]

Ha!

[IluvAmbienttrance]

gotta remember reindeer have organs that can handle much more of the mushrooms effects than humans so im sure they have the full on Amanita Muscaria expirience

[albertonegron]

48 people have never tried these fungi or else they wouldn't dislike the video...

[MollieStar]

Is that you Santa???

[Ghoulsick]

Non Christmas Christmas has always been based around the winter solstice, and psychidelic plants have always been a part of shamanism. Even as a Christian I have to say...must have been a WAY more fun practice... exept for drinking deer piss

[DozeGuise]

Ho Ho Hooh my god, these mushrooms are fawkin awesome!

[DopeDivinity]

Wondrous. 

[youngkig]

No wonder they fly

[bulletwave]

this niggas trippin hahahahaha

[NeoxideMolten]

Damn nature you scary!

[AbuBishir]

where can get some of those 'shrooms ?

[QuaziGNRLNose]

0:58, original santa

[SuperWho24]

1:00

[AirWarCrimewave]

Ive taken Fly Agaric or Amanita Muscaria several times and can honestly say they have little to no effect. They are not magic mushrooms and contain no Psilocybin/Psilocin.

[sensibisle1]

@AirWarCrimewave You're kidding me. If you don't know the difference between psilocybes and amanitas, you have no business commenting on either. How much did you take and was it fresh or cooked? I've taken A. Muscaria and can tell everyone that they are powerful and not to be taken lightly.

[AirWarCrimewave]

@sensibisle1 I know the difference between them as I explained in my previous comment. Magic Mushrooms contain Psilocybin/Psilocin which these do not. Ive had a handfull of fresh Fly Agaric that had little effect and gave me a stomach ache and I purchased some dry ones the size of small plates legally online which had no effect at all.

[nuptualplumage]

@AirWarCrimewave however, there is a notorious tendency in amanita muscaria to vary greatly depending on the particulars of the individual mushroom, and the individual consuming them. People have used them ceremonially for many centuries.

[Papermachemaybe]

So THAT'S how reindeers get high.

[RenzThanatos]

Santa drank urine?

[hockeyallstar1771]

thats why santa is so high in the air with his reindeers, he uses shrooms to get high and start flying, i get it now

[rieskimo]

That's a bit hard to swallow, that an overly generous fat guy goes out in the middle of winter on flying reindeer was based off of drug induced stupor.

[sensibisle1]

@rieskimo Yeah, but do you have a better explanation?  Just plain old magic? The reindeer were thought to fly because the mushrooms makes you feel so light that you take giant leaps. In an animal that is already a big jumper, you can imagine that it would look like they were flying, taking giant leap after giant leap...

[blankpage100]

that's not the magic mushrooms that we eat though. These ones are more toxic and don't have the pscil-something... that normal ones do. :(

[WhenYourStrange93]

@blankpage100 psilocybin :) yeah DONT eat these im pretty sure they will kill you.

[Aisyah75]

santa was on mushrooms. xD

[ErikInRealLife]

So.

If I ever need to score some shrooms.

I can just hit up a reindeer.

Sweet.

[Trahira517]

...Santa is on shrooms all the time up there??

[sensibisle1]

@Trahira517 Nope, just in the winter, the mushroom was used as an energizing tonic to help get through the winter. That's where the Santa lore came from, the Shaman would go around giving out the mushroom in the winter, thus... Santa Claus.

[SadRegis]

I like it!

[merchant099]

Santa's a legend?! :(

[TheSiqLad]

So this I why I stopped getting presents...because the reindeer are addicted to shrooms.

[WingedSoulies]

so Santa was just a high man on super shrooms...

[dude12nothin]

Damn nature, you high.

[MyCanelito]

ima try this lol jk

[EvilDead159]

druggys

[sisterforall]

Mother Nature is full of surprises and benefits.....



[LEDCircus]

Well they looked like they were tripping..

[CJfrost1402]

i knew who ever came up with santa claus and his flying deers was high

[beinghumangirl]

those mushrooms do you think thats how rodolf got his red nose

[sensibisle1]

@beinghumangirl Most of the red in the xmas lore is based on this mushroom, Santa's suit being red and white etc.., so rudolph's red nose is quite possibly a reference to the mushroom..

[Parkjisung91]

i don't like mushrooms but why does it look damn delicious when deers eat it?

[xeeweexRC]

pause at 0:06 for mario reference

[CSUSBlikesOmfgcata]

so christmas is based on drugs?

[omargibran]

@CSUSBlikesOmfgcata Actually YES, OH YES... Even religion is based on drugs...

[opsanus]

or more specifically: The Santa Claus & His Reindeer myth is based on a kick-ass high.

[cs4202]

@CSUSBlikesOmfgcata not drugs,........SHROOMS!!!

[froyboy4life]

@CSUSBlikesOmfgcata Yes but you're missing the point, SANTA CLAUS IS REAL!!!!

[airsoftsamtheman]

@CSUSBlikesOmfgcata so is Christianity look it up

[xfloweroflifex]

@CSUSBlikesOmfgcata Yeah "drugs" that's it. Christmas is based on a visionary experience of what we truly are...it's trying to tell a story of what we are and what we are capable of. If you have a limited view of life then it's just "drugs" if you have and unlimited, open view of life then it's a gift, the gift of your true nature as a being on this earth. Peace

[canninmac87]

@xfloweroflifex A visionary experience which is accessible via psychedelics. Not only psychedelics though. Yoga, meditation, witchcraft, dancing, chanting, drumming, sweating, mantras....... ALL ways of accessing higher levels of consciousness, removing barriers and prejudice, experiencing TRUE unconditional love and peace and connecting with who you TRULY are...

[sXeish]

@CSUSBlikesOmfgcata Most everything is based on drugs... Spirituality, music, history, future, you, me.

[MrNofnway]

@CSUSBlikesOmfgcata yes it is

[ELSPIKE25]

@CSUSBlikesOmfgcata more like santa not christmas lol

[orrickvang]

Now we know that Santa Clause is not white.  8D

[CPNewscasting]

Damn nature you scary!

[KjWa13]

iz you rollin? bitch i might be!

[superkimmy98]

1:10

WHOA WHOA WHOA. WTF IS THAT

[universalradio]

Odin or Woden, ancient Norse god, had an 8-legged horse, grey, named Sleipnir. He flew through the sky on the horse, and gave presents to people. Sleipnir was also a "psychopomp", ie one who could travel between the lands of the living and the dead, and who accompanied the dead to the underworld (no Hell in Scandinavian myths). So, "8 legs - 8 reindeer", it looks like it was adapted (along w/the Shamans) to Santa Claus. Fascinating.

[AllisaBlue]

@universalradio Fascinating Indeed.. Thank you for the info.. Blessings and Merry Christmas~!!! ~:)

[MrMaryJanes]

Why do these documentaries always have a fear based tone?

Mushrooms=Harmless, just like weed.

[universalradio]

@MrMaryJanes Thanks for the drug advice, MrMaryJanes.

[geck1204]

And there goes my childhood.

[McNultyy3]

Thats why reindeers can fly :|

[MrChiefBlackhawk]

LSD For deer

[crapmasterfang]

I'm gonna wish for magic shrooms from Santa this year.

[blowjoe4511]

alot of stoners watched this video.....dont ask how i know

[Legaliize420]

@blowjoe4511 how do you know?

[dionysosramon]

and you thought humans were the only ones that could get high?

[applecrumping33]

thats awesome. the reindeer showed humans who lived in those environments that there was something special about those fungi. not as safe as the psilocybe species overall to ingest , especially to those not familiar with the specific methods which apply to the muscaria type. sp.

[xhunterxwolfx]

Ohhhh so THAT'S how Mario does it. :D

[HebusxJebus]

I thought fly agaric was poisonous, trippy reindeer piss.

[RomanixLink]

Those people really liked to get high!

[1j0k3]

ya'll laughing but there is a possibility psychedelics played an important role in the evolution of the human brain thousands of years ago.

[oioioijellyroll]

1:08 IM TRIPPIN BAWLS MAN!

[MikeCOYS18]

That title is so tempting to click on...

[1NC0H3R3NT]

Santa's a dealer!!!! childhood effectively ruined :'(

[phoney98]

of course their high! look at them eyes!

[lea7rsi]

mushroom and aurora borealis.. nice tripping

[loleyeduntcare]

DUDE I'M TRIPPING BALLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TROLLERSDELIGHT]

"...They even drank urine from Reindeer believed to be under the influence."

Reindeer: O_O

[lldsandsll]

@TROLLERSDELIGHT that's cuz it will still work. nasty though.

[TheTimotheK]

soo... santa gets high -_-' fucking druggie eats fucking brownies i wonder if he smokes o_0

[xAtOnYx]

I am going to start following Reindeer.....

[NicNickelskates]

friggin druggies

[Rhein38]

now i get it!!Santa is Super Mario!

[mistophil]

no wonder those tribes stay up there, their fucking tripping balls everyday... awesome i new tribe people were cool save some pyschodelic mushrooms for me tribes people.

[Davastor12]

*Digs up Shrooms* Awww yeah, this is the good stuff. Oh YEA OMNOMNOM OH YESSSS MAHMAHMAH . OH SHIT, WHAT AM I DOING IN THE AIR?!

[stephen4505]

bet they would love liberty caps

[TheEthug]

Daaammmn BOOOIIII... reindeer be trippin.

[frenchpet]

Coca cola, reindeer piss, yeah that sounds about right.

[Djsolidstate420]

santa is a trip amazing!!!

[amaSenpai]

so what they're saying is... the best things in life come from drugged up imaginations. Got it. 

[randomassstuff]

i need get myself a reindeer

[mikeVII]

this is also why Rudolph's nose is red, and why we hang stockings over the fireplace (mushrooms were dried over the fireplace), and why we leave gifts under a Christmas tree (the mushrooms grow in patches underneath pine trees), and it's where the elf imagery comes from

[sensibisle1]

@mikeVII hear hear!

[milkmiruku]

"in the past" yeah, in the past, right..

[wizzzer1337]

i knew it, Santa was tripping balls over shrooms after all...

[komaki119]

cheeky BBC fuckers you get T.V licence money and still you use adverts. fucking sell outs

[tenten929]

That's why we know Santa is not real because drunk people saw it.

(-_-)

[myunstoppablewilly]

so thats who made santa... a bunch of guys high on shrooms. it all makes sense now.....

[periesicsd]

Santa?? why don't you bring them with you?! your whole suite looks like a shroom!

[prototype615h]

if that is true, perhaps the first person who invented the concept of god was on drugs too

[thanythanyy]

So Santa was trippin all along??? Ho Ho Ho! give me some more hallucinogens!!!

[Vegasclaw]

no more shroom for you my deer

[MrTwiztidkilla]

So wait.... your tellin me if i eat these shrooms.... ill see santa clause and fly with him? ........ Yeah pretty much

[TheNoobTubez]

OH so the reindeer can get high but we humans can't! WTF >:O

[dreadz2dreadz]

@TheNoobTubez pretty sure we can... Pretty sure we do.

[animal03181989]

so santa and his reindeer are real... when your trippin' ;)

[theraVen27]

the real weird part is the humans drinking the deer pee after so they can get fucked up

[valdigurkaa]

fly agaric isnt a magic mushroom

[React24]

Maybe Santa was saying "Whoa, Whoa Whoa,,,how the fuck did I get up here?"

[bhryian]

SO THATS WHY SANTA ALWAYS SAYS hohoho!!!

[EmilioTV57]

@bhryian that makes no sence. and i know your under 10 years old so sry if i hurt your fealings

[bhryian]

@EmilioTV57 it doesnt make "sence" because it makes "sense. and no im not offended. and no im 25 years old and just to state the obvious, santa and the reindeers eats the mushrooms thats why they all fly... i hoipe itr makes sence now

[theraVen27]

@EmilioTV57

hahaa a 10yr old just made you look like a fucktard

[WiiLink89]

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[guest2424]

@WiiLink89 umm, that would just open the job market for all people against cannabis, the entire nation would be run by cannabis haters, thats the worst thing you can do.

[lilsm555]

There is something special about mushrooms!

[RonPaul4FreedomGer]

@lilsm555 they say the same things about humans

[farenht456]

@RonPaul4FreedomGer and in both cases its true

[Simma7]

I too feel a magical sensation when devouring a mushroom.

[ntabiblaze]

didn't know Reindeer liked to get wet XD

[SebbeSucksBawlz]

Fly agaric isn't a magic mushroom.

[1FatSpaz]

@SebbeSucksBawlz Yes it is, it is just not psilocybin.

[SebbeSucksBawlz]

@1FatSpaz So therefore people don't class it as a magic mushroom.

[1FatSpaz]

@SebbeSucksBawlz

Yes they do, as is obvious by the BBC using exactly that name in this video while reffering to the Fly Agaric. Magic mushrooms is slang anyway, not a scientific alternate name for Psilocybin mushrooms. Magic does not translate to Psilocybin. I understand where you are coming from though, the effects coming from a different component.Ii've never used Fly Agaric, but i understand the effects are quite different.

[SebbeSucksBawlz]

@1FatSpaz Yeah I hear it can be quite a bad trip. One trip report I read, the guy said he was hallucinating like crazy and saw a little kid representing the devil in his kitchen.

[1FatSpaz]

@SebbeSucksBawlz LOL it's normally only people with little to no psychadelic experience that have stories like that.

[SebbeSucksBawlz]

@1FatSpaz Yeah, I think this guy had a fair bit of experience with psilocybin mushrooms and other stuff though.

[raisahmed1970]

did it ate it

[KARARI420]

im gonna buy me some fuckin reindeer and move to siberia

[KayciZoom]

Santa! @ 0:55

[platyjack1324]

@KayciZoom clearly you didnt see the whole thing before that post,

[imasupadupa]

THEY KNOW !

[stone8675309]

I found a loophope reindeer piss isn't illegal hahahaha fuck you dea.

[platyjack1324]

@stone8675309 hahahaha

[TheShaggs1981]

LOL Crazy reindeers....

Drinkin the pee?? That's retarded. Why don't they just find their own shrooms?

[Transparentti]

@TheShaggs1981

Because Its toxic and human would die. Reindeers are not affected by it (atleast not that much) but humans liver would fail.

[TheShaggs1981]

LOL  Crazy reindeers....

[llamalover45]

santa was trippinnnn

[ampikine]

Its about time people realised Santa Claus was a Siberian mushroom shaman and instead of drinking alcohol at christmas drink psychoactive reindeer urine like in the old days. A shot of psychedelic reindeer piss will put the christmas spirit into them.

[Tech0Boy]

Great video. Well, anyone looking for magic mushrooms can go to shayanashop(dot)com , they are trusted ones and of the best quality..

[madJedi1]

The Flygaric mushrooms ARE the holy grail chailice..

CH-Alice in wonderland is all about the mushroom dimension access, it is also why Reindeer are with Satan.. err i mean Santa !!

[mushroomagical]

I am ready to take off! Anyone want to join me?

[Diego1060]

LOL Reindeer gone wild

so Santa's reindeer were high...i bet Rudolf was on some other stuff wit the red nose.

[explodingbeefilms]

Shit... so this is how Reindeer fly!

[thetank971]

fucks goin on woahhh!!

[jcremayer2]

Soo are you telling me Mario is Santa?