American expert: Florida sharks may be addicted to drugs

Rossiya Segodnya (RT) and other mediaReported on July 21strecentlyAmerican marine biologists warn thatSharks near the coast of Florida, United StatesPerhaps smoking cocaine abandoned in the seaScreenshots of relevant reports (source: "Rossiya Segodnya")It is understood that some people often throw cocaine into the sea when smuggling drugs to avoid being discovered. In mid June this year, the United States Coast Guard issued a statement saying that,In 9 drug trafficking cases investigated in the international waters of the Atlantic and Caribbean, the Coast Guard seized nearly 6420 kilograms of cocaine

Rossiya Segodnya (RT) and other media

Reported on July 21st

recently

American marine biologists warn that

Sharks near the coast of Florida, United States

Perhaps smoking cocaine abandoned in the sea

Screenshots of relevant reports (source: "Rossiya Segodnya")

It is understood that some people often throw cocaine into the sea when smuggling drugs to avoid being discovered. In mid June this year, the United States Coast Guard issued a statement saying that,In 9 drug trafficking cases investigated in the international waters of the Atlantic and Caribbean, the Coast Guard seized nearly 6420 kilograms of cocaine.

According to the report, in the latest documentary released by the Discovery Channel's "Shark Week" program, ocean expert Tom Hurd is conducting an investigation near the Florida coast to see if sharks in the area have been affected by drugs.

During the investigation, Hurd and his team members discovered that the sharks here exhibit some strange behavior. For example, once, Hurd and his colleague Fanala met a Hammerhead shark while diving. According to reports, this shark usually tends to avoid humans, but the Hammerhead shark they met swam straight to them.

"Generally speaking, when we dive, there will be bubbles coming out of our mouths, which will scare the Hammerhead shark away. So, the situation just mentioned is unusual," Hurd said.

Moreover, Hurd also found that the shark did not appear to have "maintained balance". "It looks a bit tilted to the side of its body, as if it is being pressed down by something, and it has not reached complete balance, which is also very unusual," Hurd continued.

In Hurd's view, this unusual behavior of sharks may be caused by injury or "chemical imbalance".

It is worth noting that once, Hurd and Farnara made a small bag that looked very much like a cocaine wrap and threw it into the sea along with a swan model. However, to their surprise, the shark did not attack the swan model and instead swam straight towards the "cocaine wrap", attempting to bite it open. Among them, one shark even snatched the entire package and left with it.

Another time, Hurd and his team threw fake "cocaine packages" into the sea from a helicopter to simulate the behavior of real-life drug trafficking gangs. As a result, they found that,Several sharks immediately swam towards the direction of the "cocaine wrap".

In addition, Hurd stated that it is currently unknown how sharks would react if they did ingest cocaine, as different marine animals would react differently to cocaine.

What is thought-provoking behind these phenomena is that,How chemicals, drugs, and illegal drugs enter the ocean, and what impact these substances may have on marine ecosystems Hurd said.

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