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The lemurs of Madagascar, Flipper and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - they are all beloved childhood heroes. But what if they all had a dark secret? Something so terrifying that the film industry deliberately keeps it from us? So sit back, try to be brave, because today we might destroy a part of your childhood too! #Animals #kingjulien #disney /-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/ Sources, background and further information about this episode: Kangaroos on opium poppies: ▸ https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/tasma... Bears on kerosene: ▸ https://www.aerotelegraph.com/baeren-... Lemurs and millipedes: ▸ https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles... Research on puffer fish venom: ▸ https://www.scinexx.de/news/medizin/k... Psychodelics in medicine: ▸ https://www.spektrum.de/news/psychede... Rudolph and fly agarics: ▸ https://www.livescience.com/25731-mag... ▸ https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/... /-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/ If you want to quickly jump to the individual parts: ▸ 00:00:00 - Animal Druffis ▸ 00:00:29 - In the Drug Kingdom of Animals ▸ 00:01:40 - Lemurs in a Trance State ▸ 00:04:07 - Flipper passes the joint around ▸ 00:07:08 - Rudolph flies on mushrooms ▸ 00:10:26 - That was our little excursion /-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/ Does radioactivity lead to superpowers? How does Sonic reach the speed of sound? How many helium balloons do the Disney house take off from "above" with? We'll do the math and try it out - with live experiments, smart experts and you. Tell us what we should check and you'll get nerd facts and show-off knowledge for the next party. MDR WISSEN online: ▸ https://www.mdr.de/themen/wissen/inde... Please observe our netiquette when commenting! ▸ https://www.mdr.de/s/wissennetiquette