Do animals in the wild ever become addicted to natural mind-altering substances?

Do animals in the wild ever become addicted to natural mind-altering substances?
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answer:Terence McKenna theorized that consciousness in primates arose from habitual use of psychedelic mushrooms leading to abstract thought, the same way it does in humans. (To forestall anyone from posting the 1974 video of animals getting drunk from fermented marula fruit, this has been confirmed as a hoax.)
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