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🕒 2025-04-15

Fish On Anxiety Medication: Salmon Now Taking More Risks Than Ever

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Thanks to traces of anxiety meds in waterways, salmon are now bolder, riskier, and possibly one bad decision away from starting a podcast. Researchers say the drugged-up fish are acting less cautious—raising ecological concerns and existential ones. Who knew Prozac could turn salmon into thrill-seeking extroverts with no survival instinct?

With “Fish On Anxiety Medication: Salmon Now Taking More Risks Than Ever” making headlines, the wild twist is this: levels of fluoxetine, the active ingredient in Prozac, are enough to rewrite salmon social codes. Fish on anxiety medication may just out-bold your average daredevil trout.

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