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0:35Now PlayingGreat apes get high by spinning themselves into a state of dizziness, according to new research.
The stimulation could even shed fresh light on human's desire for mind altering drugs - ranging from booze and cigarettes to LSD and cocaine.
They whirl themselves round in circles - a sensory fix commonly craved by children.
Lead author Dr Adriano Lameira, of the University of Warwick, said: "Every culture has found a way of evading reality through dedicated and special rituals, practices or ceremonies.
"This human trait of seeking altered states is so universal, historically and culturally, that it raises the intriguing possibility this is something that has been potentially inherited from our evolutionary ancestors.
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