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Their favorite poison is found crawling in the forest.
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Like pufferfish, millipedes are toxic
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but that doesn't stop the lemurs seeking them out.
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The millipedes use dangerous secretions
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including cyanide as a defense
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but the lemurs still chew on them
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albeit extremely cautiously.
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The toxins cause the lemurs to salivate.
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They then rub both the saliva and the millipede into their fur.
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They use it as an insecticide to ward off insects such as mosquitos that carry malaria.
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but they are suspiciously enthusiastic about the whole process.
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It seems they don't just work as an insect repellent.
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The chemicals also appear to send them into a trance-like state.
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A condition of complete intoxication
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and they can't seem to get enough.
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When it's all over theres no hiding the state they're in.
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Time to sleep it off.
