The National Institutes of Health spent over $300,000 to study whether quails got more frisky after being fed cocaine

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Records and public reporting confirm that the NIH funded research using Japanese quail to examine the connection between cocaine exposure and sexual motivation, with total funding exceeding $300,000.

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politifact.com: PolitiFact | Uncle Sam spends six figures to study coked birds copulating, Wisconsin GOP Senate candidate Mark Neumann says

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politifact.com: PolitiFact | Uncle Sam spends six figures to study coked birds copulating, Wisconsin GOP Senate candidate Mark Neumann says. politifact.com. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/feb/20/mark-neumann/uncle-sam-spends-six-figures-study-coked-birds-cop/

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reporter.nih.gov: RePORT ⟩ RePORTER

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reporter.nih.gov: RePORT ⟩ RePORTER. reporter.nih.gov. https://reporter.nih.gov/search/QwFmTrxB90K6IdDf4tC5aA/project-details/7729355

Shows an NIH project investigating the relationship between cocaine and sexual motivation in Japanese quail.

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skeptics.stackexchange.com: Did the National Institutes of Health spend over ...

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skeptics.stackexchange.com: Did the National Institutes of Health spend over .... skeptics.stackexchange.com. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/57716/did-the-national-institutes-of-health-spend-over-300-000-to-study-whether-quail

Confirms the NIH funded a study on quail and cocaine, totaling over $300,000.

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first checked31 Jul 2026

judged → SUPPORTED · 7531 Jul 2026

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