Posted on 07/20/2023 6:24:08 PM PDT by algore
For decades, huge bundles of cocaine have washed up on Florida beaches, having been smuggled from South and Central America. Hauls are often dumped at sea (both to give to smugglers and evade law enforcement), and currents and tides push them to shore.
In June, the U.S. Coast Guard seized over 14,100 pounds (6,400 kilograms) of cocaine in the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, with an estimated value of $186 million.
With so much cocaine entering the waters, Tom "The Blowfish" Hird wanted to find out whether the thousands of sharks off Florida were ingesting the dumped narcotics, and β if so β whether the drugs were having any impact on them.
In "Cocaine Sharks," which is part of Discovery's Shark Week, Hird and University of Florida environmental scientist Tracy Fanara carry out a series of experiments to find out.
"The deeper story here is the way that chemicals, pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs are entering our waterways β entering our oceans β
Hird and Fanara set their sights on the Florida Keys, where fishers tell stories of sharks consuming drugs that have been funneled into the region on ocean currents. In the show, they dive with sharks to look for any unusual behaviors and begin to see sharks acting in unexpected ways.
To investigate further, Hird and Fanara design three experiments to see how sharks react to bales of "cocaine" dropped in the water. They create packages similar in size and appearance to real cocaine bales. In the first, they set these pseudo-bales next to dummy swans to see what the sharks go to.
To their surprise, the sharks head straight for the bales, taking bites from them. One shark even grabs a bale and swims off with it.
(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...
Notice how all the shark attacks increased once the “Shark Week” shows and movies became a big hit.
When you are chumming the water for sharks close to shore, they will come!
“Candy Gram” (pun intended)
I hate to inform You that You're wrong. They think humans are a Triscuit cracker with spray can cheese hanging over the sides.π€ͺ
Cocaine Sharks? Is this going to be the next Sharknado?
“Cocaine Sharks? Is this going to be the next Sharknado?”
No, there is a writers strike and an AI could never write something as good as Sharknado, or Cocaine Bear
I was looking through the TV Listings the other night and on one of the Spanish channels was the cocaine bear movie. The first thing I thought was the soundtrack was going to be something like listening to Formula One Racing with Japanese Commentators. Just not quite as funny as the Formula One Broadcast.
Can’t wait for the movie!
Time for a new “Sharknado” movie!
Iβm sure itβs just global warming causing them to become crack fish.
That was funny! Better than my beagle speaking Hindu.
They have found rolls of tar paper in sharks's bellies.
If they can chomp it, they will eat it.
Not me. The liberal shark lovers.
If It were up to me a lot of these apex predators would be killed down to near extinction.
Start with wolves.
We have all seen cats enjoy catnip.
Shark verses Hunter over possession of a bale of cocaine: Put you money on Hunter and the shark would be killed with his bare hands.
My Daisy is a nipaholic. But still, sharks may have the wrong drug. Daisy wouldn’t do so well on LSD.
illicit drugs are entering our waterways β entering our oceans
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S’ok...
...rising sea levels from climate change will help dilute it to unnoticeable levels...
..climate change can do everything !
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