| ▲ | Caffeine, cocaine, and painkillers detected in sharks from The Bahamas(sciencedirect.com) |
| 55 points by LostMyLogin 7 hours ago | 45 comments |
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| ▲ | dobladov 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| This classifies Cocaine Shark as a documentary
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine_Shark |
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| ▲ | dbbk 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | "The film features various mutated creatures, none of which are actually sharks on cocaine as the title suggests." they had one job | | | |
| ▲ | api 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | 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… | | |
| ▲ | oniony 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Or even Cocaine Bear: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt14209916 | | | |
| ▲ | snapplebobapple an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | Meh, i think branching out to different animals is a mistake. They could have evolved beyond comedy to drama by instead putting the bear on meth in the sequel. Follow the bear through its downward spiral losing its teeth and eventually hitting bottom drinking its own urine to stay high. The redemption ark could be an unlikely friendship formed with one of the campers it mauled in the first movie sparked by the bear sobering up and doing the apology tour. | | |
| ▲ | api an hour ago | parent [-] | | That sounds more like magic mushrooms bear, in which the bear realizes all life is one and to maul other beings is to maul yourself. |
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| ▲ | yruam001 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | indeed |
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| ▲ | numpad0 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Not surprising. A lot of these substances get metabolized, or just diluted by water and filtered out without being like, magically deconstructed and turned into all CO2 and H2O and N2. So a lot of wacky chemical compounds humans tend to consume tend to get detected wherever humans gather and discharge bodily fluids that eventually reach the ocean. This does not immediately indicate that e.g. evil corporations are dumping toxic wastes, forever plastics pieces are leaching out scary additives, etc. |
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| ▲ | croemer 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| 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. |
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| ▲ | laughing_man 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I wonder how much of this is just that our tests are getting more sensitive. |
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| ▲ | croemer 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Exactly, the detection itself doesn't mean anything. Is the dose relevant? If not, then not. And the dose likely isn't relevant. | | |
| ▲ | eggy an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | Agreed. When you zoom in, even the normal life stuff can give you concern. I showed my kids what creatures live on their and others' bodies. You have millions of microscopic arachnids called Demodex mites living in your hair follicles and sebaceous glands, particularly on your face. My wife gave me an evil look as I showed my children this fact in online vids and pics. Granted these are symbiotic/parasitic relationships of life, but still, the closer you look, the more you see! | |
| ▲ | seanhunter an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | You can say what you like about the dose being pharmacologically ineffective but I want my sharks completely sober. |
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| ▲ | kleiba2 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Party on, sharks! |
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| ▲ | dotcoma 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| They probably ate lawyers from New York who were on vacation… |
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| ▲ | mghackerlady 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I see they've graduated High School |
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| ▲ | losthobbies 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| #justlikeus |
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| ▲ | metalman 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| this clearly points to an previously unknown seasonal migration from wall st. |
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| ▲ | pixelpoet 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | The Shark of Wall St | | |
| ▲ | Gravityloss 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Clearly there are missing parts, or opportunites, in the two trilogies. [Cocaine] Shark | Wolf | Bear [of Wall St] | | |
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| ▲ | throwanem 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Seasonal migration from Wall Street to the Bahamas? 'Previously unknown?' A bit déclassé maybe, but... |
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| ▲ | BLKNSLVR 27 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Now all they need is blackjack and hookers. |
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| ▲ | stavros 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| After the "plastic glove" smoking gun the other day, I wonder if this is another instance of lab contamination making it into the results. |
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| ▲ | donkey_brains 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Unlike plastic gloves, researchers don’t typically bring these substances into the lab. | | |
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| ▲ | nashashmi 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Does that make for more aggressive sharks in the waters with unexplained behaviors? Is caffeine really that bad? |
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| ▲ | tcper 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Sharks obtain cocaine by eating people? |
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| ▲ | mapontosevenths 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Sharks are on cocaine for the same reason it rains birth control now. | |
| ▲ | wkjagt 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Maybe it says something about the people taking cocaine and go swimming with sharks. |
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| ▲ | tskulbru 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| First it was cocaine bear, and now cocaine shark. |
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