„Kokainhaie“ drängen sich in brasilianischen Gewässern, während die Droge ins Ökosystem gelangt

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1. ***The Telegraph reports:***

   Cocaine has been found in sharks off the coast of Brazil and [may be changing their behaviour](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/cocaine-bear-true-story-what-happens-when-animals-take-drugs/), scientists fear.

   Marine biologists tested 13 sharks of the “Brazilian sharpnose” type taken from [coastal waters near Rio de Janeiro](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rio-de-janeiro/) and found they all had high levels of cocaine in their muscles and livers.

   In a paper for the journal Science of the Total Environment, they said the drug probably originated in drainage from illicit labs where cocaine is manufactured, or from [the excrement of drug users](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/mind/the-shame-of-being-a-midlife-cocaine-user/), via untreated sewage.

   It might even have come from the sharks feeding on bales of cocaine that were [lost or dumped overboard by drug smugglers](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/12/27/barnacle-packages-cocaine-australia-beaches/) – but that was less likely, the team said.

   The results showed “chronic exposure due to human use of cocaine in Rio de Janeiro and the discharge of human urine and faeces by sewage outfalls, as well as from illegal labs”, said Dr Rachel Ann Hauser-Davis, a British scientist and member of the research team from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Rio de Janeiro.

   **Read more:** [**https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/07/22/cocaine-sharks-throng-brazilian-waters-drug-in-ecosystem/**](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/07/22/cocaine-sharks-throng-brazilian-waters-drug-in-ecosystem/)

2. Oh great, coked out sharks.

3. New twist for the Sharknado franchise?

4. Now I gotta poop. At least the sharks won’t be hungry

5. If this is how we get Street Sharks, I’m all for it!

6. And we thought cocaine bears were bad.

7. I said I wanted sharks with lasers on their heads, not sharks with substance abuse issues!

8. This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/07/22/cocaine-sharks-throng-brazilian-waters-drug-in-ecosystem/) reduced by 81%. (I’m a bot)
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   > Marine biologists tested 13 sharks of the Brazilian sharpnose type taken from coastal waters near Rio de Janeiro and found they all had high levels of cocaine in their muscles and livers.

   > In a paper for the journal Science of the Total Environment, they said the drug probably originated in drainage from illicit labs where cocaine is manufactured, or from the excrement of drug users, via untreated sewage.

   > She took part in the Discovery Channel film Cocaine Sharks, which explored whether sharks in the Gulf of Mexico were feeding on cocaine packages dumped by traffickers.

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9. >“This may be the case, as cocaine targets the brain, and hyperactive and erratic behaviour [has been noted in other animals.](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/11/12/high-hog-wild-boar-dig-destroy-17000-worth-cocaine-stashed/) It’s a possibility and **further studies are required**,”

   Scientists have the best jobs. Imagine your job entails going into work and getting a shark wired on coke.

   *C’mere Flipper, try this MDMA.*

10. Meanwhile Sharks off the coast of Miami are trying to get Michelle Pfeiffer’s number and buying uzi guns.

11. Criminalization of drugs is an atrocity that has so many unintended consequences

12. Let’s dump weed into the ocean and that should mellow them out.

13. Great, soon they’ll organize and walk around with shitty pectoral tattoos that will only ostracize them from normal shark employment, get in too deep and cut the cocaine with some shitty dollar store plankton just to increase profit while we get reduced quality.

    Reminiscent of the Shrimp Crack problem of the 80’s.

14. That’s the real reason they never stop swimming.

15. Didn’t have *that* on my apocalypse BINGO card. At least the coastlines are low and very far away, amIright.

16. I’m guessing that they’re a lot more active and talkative than your average shark.

17. You should all watch the [documentary.](https://youtu.be/9rW6aVE00to?feature=shared)

18. Harris – Cocaine Shark 2024!

19. Cocaine shark dood dood doo dooo doood cocaine shark doodoood × infinity

20. >She [the ecotoxicology expert] agreed that there was no evidence, as yet, to suggest that cocaine encouraged crazed behaviour or feeding frenzies in sharks.

    Scientists sure know how to take the fun out of a sensational headline! Though the “as yet” gives us some hope for future bombshells.

21. “All I wanted was some sharks with freakin’ lazer beams on their heads!”

    “Yea, and now they’re highly motivated”

22. Sharkos

23. The new surf and turf standard is cocaine bear steaks and beer battered cocaine sharks

24. They will NOT shut up about the restaurant they are going to open

25. Sequel to Cocaine Bear

26. Fuck….yes

27. That eye is scaring the hell out of me

28. r/oopsthatsdeadly

29. Crackhead sharks are real now

30. That shark’s massive eye is freaking me out so bad 

31. At the Cocacabana

32. This is a good thing. The cocaine will suppress the sharks appetite, so instead of the sharks wanting to eat us, they’ll just want to smoke cigarettes and pound beers.