63 pointsby LostMyLogin9 hours ago17 comments
  • dobladov8 hours ago
    This classifies Cocaine Shark as a documentary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine_Shark
    • dbbk6 hours ago
      "The film features various mutated creatures, none of which are actually sharks on cocaine as the title suggests." they had one job
    • api5 hours 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…
      • oniony5 hours ago
        • JohnHaugeland5 hours ago
          that's what the person you're replying to was referring to
      • snapplebobapple4 hours ago
        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.
        • api3 hours ago
          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.
    • yruam0017 hours ago
      indeed
  • numpad05 hours ago
    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.
    • augusto-moura2 hours ago
      Hm, I'm not convinced this is contamination from human waste. The quantity of caffeine and painkillers a human consume should be too small. Also, the body does break caffeine and painkillers, the amount in waste shouldn't be meaningful

      If diluted in the oceans I would say that it would be undectable. Cocaine is even harder, because it is not commonly consumed, it is for a group of people, but not enough for the statistics

  • croemer6 hours 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_man7 hours ago
    I wonder how much of this is just that our tests are getting more sensitive.
    • croemer6 hours ago
      Exactly, the detection itself doesn't mean anything. Is the dose relevant? If not, then not. And the dose likely isn't relevant.
      • eggy4 hours ago
        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!
        • mistrial92 hours ago
          OK - but had you been to the Bahamas recently when you decided to do that....
      • seanhunter3 hours ago
        You can say what you like about the dose being pharmacologically ineffective but I want my sharks completely sober.
  • kleiba24 hours ago
    Party on, sharks!
  • metalman8 hours ago
    this clearly points to an previously unknown seasonal migration from wall st.
    • pixelpoet7 hours ago
      The Shark of Wall St
      • Gravityloss6 hours ago
        Clearly there are missing parts, or opportunites, in the two trilogies.

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

        • seanhunter3 hours ago
          ...on a plane.

          It has the potential for a whole cinematic universe.

          • pixelpoet2 hours ago
            ... in the multiverse.

            Who are we kidding, this is literally Marvel's combinatorial formula.

    • throwanem7 hours ago
      Seasonal migration from Wall Street to the Bahamas? 'Previously unknown?' A bit déclassé maybe, but...
  • losthobbies7 hours ago
    #justlikeus
  • mghackerlady4 hours ago
    I see they've graduated High School
  • dotcoma6 hours ago
    They probably ate lawyers from New York who were on vacation…
  • nashashmi7 hours ago
    Does that make for more aggressive sharks in the waters with unexplained behaviors?

    Is caffeine really that bad?

  • tcper7 hours ago
    Sharks obtain cocaine by eating people?
    • mapontosevenths5 hours ago
      Sharks are on cocaine for the same reason it rains birth control now.
    • wkjagt6 hours ago
      Maybe it says something about the people taking cocaine and go swimming with sharks.
    • redsocksfan456 hours ago
      [dead]
  • stavros7 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_brains6 hours ago
      Unlike plastic gloves, researchers don’t typically bring these substances into the lab.
      • mghackerlady4 hours ago
        It just sounds like you've been to really lame labs
      • mapontosevenths6 hours ago
        Maybe you just aren't getting invited to the cool labs?
      • stavros6 hours ago
        Alas, that was the joke.
      • blitzar6 hours ago
        researchers party too
  • 7 hours ago
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  • BLKNSLVR3 hours ago
    Now all they need is blackjack and hookers.
  • aaron6955 hours ago
    [dead]
  • tskulbru7 hours ago
    First it was cocaine bear, and now cocaine shark.