Self-Medication in Animals

Overview of attention for article published in Science, April 2013

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Insects do this too. The only difference being that the...

User hillof3oaks, in the Today I Learned (TIL) subreddit, 08 Mar 2020

Insects do this too. The only difference being that the behaviors are largely inmate rather than learned. For example…

I believe drug use is from people trying to self-medicate....

User THE__V, in the Visitors Welcome subreddit, 15 Nov 2018

I believe drug use is from people trying to self-medicate. A behavior that is widespread in nature. It is both an instictual…

> I'm sorry, but it does not fit with the mechanical...

User maskedman3d, in the DebateReligion subreddit, 03 Mar 2016

> I'm sorry, but it does not fit with the mechanical nature of, well, nature. How does it not fit in with nature? Here is an…

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User [deleted], in the askscience subreddit, 09 Aug 2013

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