http://www.videosift.com/video/Magic-mushrooms-Reindeer
I saw that you didn't submit. and I just did. thank you so much for the link.

Joe Rogin has and interesting theory on this.
http://blog.joerogan.net/archives/108

oops.. this party been going on a little long, that first comment was supposed to be a private comment to eric3579, ...it was eric who found the mushrooms...not me..okay I'll stop typing

(Shot of reindeer digging through the snow)

"Come on man, come on! Gotta get high! Gotta get high! Daddy needs his fix!"

Amanita muscaria contain both the deleriant muscimol and its precursor ibotenic acid (among other things). Drinking the urine of the reindeer (or human) is helpful because a large percentage of the ibotenic acid (85% in humans) is not metabolized into muscimol, and finds it's way into the urine along with a little bit of the muscimol that was metabolized. So, upon drinking the urine, the drinker gets all of the ibotenic acid that their liver can handle and a tiny bonus of muscimol, all without having to eat a whole bunch of gritty, chicken-tasting mushrooms.

You got it posted. Well done!

(...but grinter...it's urine....)

indeed.
special urine. Imagine how many other urines hopeful seekers have tried throughout the ages, rewarded with nothing more than that unmistakable warm tang for their troubles.

>> ^grinter:
indeed.
special urine. Imagine how many other urines hopeful seekers have tried throughout the ages, rewarded with nothing more than that unmistakable warm tang for their troubles.


Well, I guess if you mix it with enough vodka, anything is palletable.

FACT: Reindeer are domesticated Caribou. I thought that might be a handy piece of information for people on the Sift. For all the people trekking out to find reindeer urine...I hope you're checking your messages. Caribou urine is just as good as reindeer urine. Good hunting.