Caffeine, cocaine, and painkillers detected in sharks from The Bahamas

dobladov•about 3 hours ago

This classifies Cocaine Shark as a documentary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine_Shark

dbbk•32 minutes ago

"The film features various mutated creatures, none of which are actually sharks on cocaine as the title suggests." they had one job

api•14 minutes ago

So much potential in that franchise. Cocaine moose, cocaine snake (or Snakes on Cocaine, which could have the line “I want these mother f’ing snakes off mother f’ing cocaine!”), cocaine lion, cocaine hippo, cocaine alligator…

yruam001•about 2 hours ago

indeed

croemer•about 1 hour ago

The measured concentrations are on the order of 1-20 ng/mL in blood. Cmax in humans when taking those drugs are about 100-1000x higher.

I wouldn't put too much weight on the finding that those with detections had different urea/lactate etc. There might be something underlying explaining both drug and physiology, like age.

Could still be bad to have chronic exposure at such low levels - also fish physiology is different.

laughing_man•about 2 hours ago

I wonder how much of this is just that our tests are getting more sensitive.

croemer•about 1 hour ago

Exactly, the detection itself doesn't mean anything. Is the dose relevant? If not, then not. And the dose likely isn't relevant.

dotcoma•about 1 hour ago

They probably ate lawyers from New York who were on vacation…

losthobbies•about 2 hours ago

#justlikeus

metalman•about 3 hours ago

this clearly points to an previously unknown seasonal migration from wall st.

pixelpoet•about 2 hours ago

The Shark of Wall St

Gravityloss•about 1 hour ago

Clearly there are missing parts, or opportunites, in the two trilogies.

[Cocaine] Shark | Wolf | Bear [of Wall St]

throwanem•about 2 hours ago

Seasonal migration from Wall Street to the Bahamas? 'Previously unknown?' A bit déclassé maybe, but...

tskulbru•about 2 hours ago

First it was cocaine bear, and now cocaine shark.

pixelpoet•about 2 hours ago

We've already had Cocaine Crabs from Outer Space: https://imdb.com/title/tt28651516/

amelius•about 1 hour ago

Do they write Rust?

hsbauauvhabzb•41 minutes ago

No because if they did they’d tell you about it in the first sentence

raverbashing•about 2 hours ago

Well I don't think Cocaine Snail would have been a blockbuster

nashashmi•about 1 hour ago

Does that make for more aggressive sharks in the waters with unexplained behaviors?

Is caffeine really that bad?

stavros•about 2 hours ago

After the "plastic glove" smoking gun the other day, I wonder if this is another instance of lab contamination making it into the results.

donkey_brains•about 1 hour ago

Unlike plastic gloves, researchers don’t typically bring these substances into the lab.

mapontosevenths•25 minutes ago

Maybe you just aren't getting invited to the cool labs?

stavros•about 1 hour ago

Alas, that was the joke.

blitzar•about 1 hour ago

researchers party too

tcper•about 2 hours ago

Sharks obtain cocaine by eating people?

mapontosevenths•20 minutes ago

Sharks are on cocaine for the same reason it rains birth control now.

wkjagt•about 1 hour ago

Maybe it says something about the people taking cocaine and go swimming with sharks.

Caffeine, cocaine, and painkillers detected in sharks from The Bahamas

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