Brazil: Sharks test positive for Cocaine

[MicroBrew]

Sharks off Brazil coast test positive for cocaine​

Sharks off the coast of Brazil have tested positive for cocaine, scientists say.

Marine biologists tested 13 Brazilian sharpnose sharks taken from the shores near Rio de Janeiro and found they tested for high levels of cocaine in their muscles and livers.

The concentrations were as much as 100 times higher than previously reported for other aquatic creatures.

The research, carried out by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, is the first to find the presence of cocaine in sharks.

Experts believe the cocaine is making its way into the waters via illegal labs where the drug is manufactured or through excrement of drug users.

Packs of cocaine lost or dumped by traffickers at sea could also be a source, though this is less likely, researchers say.

Sharks off Brazil coast test positive for cocaine

Sharks taken from the shores near Rio de Janeiro have tested for high levels of cocaine.

www.bbc.com

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Next Discovery 'documentary' : "Cocaine Sharks !!! "

I wonder how many animals test positive for Coke and other drugs? Some years back there was a study that found something like 80% - 90% of US currency tested positive for cocaine.

 

[blaseblase]

Someone notify Elizabeth Banks pronto.

 

[Osculater]

Brazilians should grind up the sharks and snort them

 

[Osculater]

Someone notify Elizabeth Banks pronto.

Write a script and sell it to her

 

[Michaelangelo]

The sharks all go jajajaja

 

[Sonny Qc]

Didn't read

But want a Cocaine Shark movie now....

 

[Osculater]

The sharks all go jajajaja

The sharks are Mexican?

 

[Tone C]

What about a film where the coked up bears go fishing for salmon but the coked up sharks swim up the river in confusion and a huge battle royale ensues?

 

[Osculater]

What about a film where the coked up bears go fishing for salmon but the coked up sharks swim up the river in confusion and a huge battle royale ensues?

No, they become inter-specie lovers

 

[Tone C]

No, they become inter-specie lovers

The ones that survive the initial melee or fracas?

Or a shark and a bear could fall in love despite their warring species, very Romeo and Juliet

 

[Osculater]

The ones that survive the initial melee or fracas?

Or a shark and a bear could fall in love despite their warring species, very Romeo and Juliet

A tragic love story for the new age

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Have the sharks blamed tainted supplements yet

 

[Other]

Why are sharks being drug tested? Do they have a fight coming up?

 

[supermurph]

If it's in the system of the smaller ones, wouldn't the other sea life be exposed to it as well. We got cranked up orcas and sharks out there ready to wreak havoc.

 

[Leonard Haid]

I wonder what kinds of things Brazilian sharpnose sharks with brains impaired from cocaine do.

 

[Osculater]

Why are sharks being drug tested? Do they have a fight coming up?

I think they are fighting dolphins or orcas for the South Atlantic belt

 

[MLarson]

Brazilians should grind up the sharks and snort them

Shark fin soup should be a hot seller.

 

[Osculater]

Shark fin soup should be a hot seller.

They could probably raise the price 5 folds

 

[deviake]

 

[volcom5]

The ones that survive the initial melee or fracas?

Or a shark and a bear could fall in love despite their warring species, very Romeo and Juliet

Roarmeo & Jawliet.