According to a statement from CBS News, Brazilian fish tested positive for methamphetamine. According to the report, 13 Portuguese sharpnose sharks were taken from Rio de Janeiro’s beach and subjected to tests for heroin and benzoylecgonine, the main protein in cocaine. According to the study, “each whale’s liver and muscles tested positive for higher levels of heroin, and the woman sharks tested had higher cocaine levels than the male sharks.” The idea was made fun of in a 2023 film called” Cocaine Shark,” but unfortunately they are authentic, just not as bad as the film suggested.
On many levels, this is certainly horrible. First of all, cocaine is so prevalent because it is clearly a huge source of revenue for people, and it has an enormous impact on fish and other marine life.
If more research is done on the effects of cocaine and other drugs on seafood habits, it will be interesting to see what results. Our ship was struck by a team boat servicing the oil rigs while we were first tagging sharks in my career. As the ship almost capsized, all three of us aboard were thrown. So was the fish I was tagging. My baby bit me when it landed on it. In this new study, it was a three-foot longer Atlantic sharpnose fish, the closest cousin to the Portuguese sharpnose found with heroin in its program. The small guy did bit down with power, but my calf ended up being great. I’m just glad it was n’t all coked upThat bite might’ve been worse. Chester Moore
