Some Retarded Amazon Tribe Gives Their Dogs Hallucinogens

Quote :: One of the creatures, apart from jaguars, that the Runa are very closely attuned to is their dogs. Indeed, they spend a good bit of time trying to interpret their dogs' dreams, don't they?

Dogs and people are very similar. We, like dogs, are wild animals. But we're also domesticated, as are dogs. So dogs are in some ways the wild counterparts of humans. They go out into the forest, and they can detect things before humans can. So people become very interested both in seeing what the dogs are seeing and communicating with them to understand what they're doing. Dream interpretation, just like with humans, is one method the Runa use. They also give their dogs hallucinogenic drugs.

My next question is definitely one of the weirdest I've ever posed in an interview: What's it like to be with a dog that's tripping?

[Laughs] The idea about tripping is to get the dog to open up to an understanding of human speech. So you would think: Oh, yeah, you give hallucinogens to your dog, and all of a sudden you can see what's going on! But that's not how the Runa see it. They say: We always see what dogs are doing. We understand them completely. It's they who don't understand us. So it's uninteresting to the Runa. That's why they tie their snouts shut, so the dogs don't talk. You want it to be interesting only for the dogs. You don't want them to start talking to you. In physical terms, the dogs are basically very dazed. They walk around, and they fall asleep. [Laughs] They don't, like, start taking out paint and making wild paintings.

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Some Retarded Amazon Tribe Gives Their Dogs Hallucinogens

Some Retarded Amazon Tribe Gives Their Dogs Hallucinogens

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