Too Fishy and Too Drunk

Alcohol Exposure Makes Fish Anti-Social : Discovery News: "Robert Gerlai, a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, Mississauga, examined the neurological effects of alcohol exposure in zebrafish and noticed developmental problems similar to what's seen in humans whose mothers consumed alcohol during pregnancy.

Zebrafish are common models for studying basic biology, development and human diseases.

Gerlai and colleagues placed small amounts of alcohol in the water of zebrafish embryo tanks. The amount used was not enough to cause physical deformations. Instead, researchers saw anti-social behaviors in these zebrafish.

“The more alcohol we give them, the more anti-social they become as adults,' Gerlai told the '>Toronto Star. “It changed their social skills, which resemble what you find in mild fetal alcohol syndrome in humans.”"