Researchers Warn of, 'Cocaine Sharks' , off US Coasts. CBS reports that an upcoming Discovery TV show covers the latest nightmarish animal to make headlines: , cocaine sharks. . CBS reports that an upcoming Discovery TV show covers the latest nightmarish animal to make headlines: , cocaine sharks. .
Secret Service head Kimberly Cheatle resigns after shocking failures led to Trump assassination attemptSharks taken from the waters off the coast of Brazil have tested positive for cocaine, with wild theories emerging about how they came to ingest the drug.The sharks were dissected and their liver and muscle tissue tested for cocaine with all the samples coming back as positive.
Theories of where the cocaine comes from include a spillover from an illegal drug lab or from the excrement of drug users. “This may be the case, as cocaine targets the brain, and hyperactive and erratic behaviour has been noted in other animals. It’s a possibility and further studies are required,” said Dr Enrico Mendes Saggioro, an ecotoxicologist.
The findings comes after a 2023 documentary called Cocaine Sharks in which filmmakers tried to establish whether sharks in The Gulf of Mexico were consuming the hundreds of packages of cocaine lost or dumped in the sea every year by drug smugglers.
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