{"id":15879,"date":"2018-02-28T15:02:17","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T20:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=15879"},"modified":"2018-02-28T15:02:17","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T20:02:17","slug":"magic-mushrooms-evolved-hallucinogenic-chemicals-to-stop-insects-eating-them-say-scientists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/02\/magic-mushrooms-evolved-hallucinogenic-chemicals-to-stop-insects-eating-them-say-scientists\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic mushrooms evolved hallucinogenic chemicals to stop insects eating them, say scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.independent.co.uk\/s3fs-public\/thumbnails\/image\/2018\/02\/28\/18\/magic-mushrooms.jpg?w=980&#038;ssl=1' style='max-width:600px;' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Keeping the bugs away, saving them for the humans to eat&#8230;how thoughtful of nature! Not that we would do that or anything.<\/p>\n<p>#shrooms #magicmushrooms #science #hallucinogens<\/p>\n<p>The Article &#8216;Magic mushrooms evolved hallucinogenic chemicals to stop insects eating them, say scientists&#8217; originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/science\/magic-mushrooms-hallucinogenic-chemical-properties-insects-eat-defensive-measure-a8233581.html?utm_content=buffer05dc3&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=facebook.com&#038;utm_campaign=buffer\">http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/science\/magic-mushrooms-hallucinogenic-chemical-properties-insects-eat-defensive-measure-a8233581.html?utm_content=buffer05dc3&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=facebook.com&#038;utm_campaign=buffer<\/a><br \/>\nJamie&#8217;s comments are his own.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping the bugs away, saving them for the humans to eat&#8230;how thoughtful of nature! Not that we would do that or anything. #shrooms #magicmushrooms #science #hallucinogens The Article &#8216;Magic mushrooms evolved hallucinogenic chemicals to stop insects eating them, say scientists&#8217; originally appeared on http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/science\/magic-mushrooms-hallucinogenic-chemical-properties-insects-eat-defensive-measure-a8233581.html?utm_content=buffer05dc3&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=facebook.com&#038;utm_campaign=buffer Jamie&#8217;s comments are his own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[14,480,456,132,429],"tags":[523,159,33,530,552],"class_list":["post-15879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-facebook","category-jamie-gray","category-news","category-shared-link","tag-blog","tag-facebook","tag-jamie-gray","tag-news","tag-shared"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14013,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/08\/scientists-finally-unlock-the-recipe-for-magic-mushrooms\/","url_meta":{"origin":15879,"position":0},"title":"Scientists Finally Unlock the Recipe For Magic Mushrooms","date":"August 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Turns out you might be prescribed pharmaceutical #psilocybin in the future...because science says tripping on shrooms seems to help relieve stress and pain and anxiety and addiction and...well, the list keeps growing. 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But, tell me they're hallucinogenic and I might meet God, maybe. Of course, they're not, so still no.http:\/\/bit.ly\/2geTh7q","rel":"","context":"In &quot;blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11001,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2016\/11\/hey-america-edible-insects-just-might-be-the-next-tasty-taboo-headed-for-your-plate\/","url_meta":{"origin":15879,"position":4},"title":"Hey, America: Edible insects just might be the next tasty taboo headed for your plate.","date":"November 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Not on my plate, baby. You can keep your damn bugs. I'm serious. Not Eating. 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