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Antidepressants In the Water Are Making Shrimp Suicidal

Posted by samzenpus on from the crustacean-frustration dept.

Antidepressants may help a lot of people get up in the morning but new research shows they are making shrimp swim into that big bowl of cocktail sauce in the sky. Alex Ford, a marine biologist at the University of Portsmouth, found that shrimp exposed to the antidepressant fluoxetine are 5 times more likely to swim towards light instead of away from it. Shrimp usually swim away from light as it is associated with birds or fishermen.

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  1. Re:Hard to say, without delving deeper... by N0Man74 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Since you can't really put a shrimp on a shrink-couch and ask it about its feelings...

    Of course you can put them on the couch and ask! Now, if you expect a response, then the wrong one might be on the couch

  2. Re:Hard to say, without delving deeper... by jewswithbacon · · Score: 0, Redundant

    re:"Since you can't really put a shrimp on a shrink-couch and ask it about its feelings"

    Have you at least tried before making this assertion? I'm nearly done with my shrimp-couch, and I'm getting a PHD in Marine Psychology. Give me a minute.