# Sharks in Brazil test positive for cocaine **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [July 23, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-in-brazil-test-positive-for-cocaine/1004687 "2024-07-23T14:50:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-in-brazil-test-positive-for-cocaine/1004687/1 "2024-07-23T14:50:15Z")
Well, this is gonna make the next Sharknado movie much more interesting. > **[Sharks off Brazil coast test positive for cocaine](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cek9mr43x1xo)** > > Sharks taken from the shores near Rio de Janeiro have tested for high levels of cocaine. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-in-brazil-test-positive-for-cocaine/1004687/2 "2024-07-23T15:11:22Z")
Don’t narc on the shark! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-in-brazil-test-positive-for-cocaine/1004687/3 "2024-07-23T15:33:50Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Well, this is gonna make the next Sharknado movie much more interesting. Worse than Cocaine Bear – It’s Cocaine Shark!!! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-in-brazil-test-positive-for-cocaine/1004687/4 "2024-07-23T16:17:11Z")
If you thought they were hyperactive killing machines before … We’re gonna need a bigger continent. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-in-brazil-test-positive-for-cocaine/1004687/5 "2024-07-23T16:47:23Z")
Cocaine Shark, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-in-brazil-test-positive-for-cocaine/1004687/6 "2024-07-23T16:48:00Z")
Just the Great Whites? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-in-brazil-test-positive-for-cocaine/1004687/7 "2024-07-23T19:27:10Z")
I did not have that on my BINGO card. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-in-brazil-test-positive-for-cocaine/1004687/8 "2024-07-23T19:29:53Z")
See, kids, this is why you should never lick a shark. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-in-brazil-test-positive-for-cocaine/1004687/9 "2024-07-23T19:42:44Z")
Spoilered for dark humor That’s just the Great White sharks. The Atlantic Blacktips will have to wait for crack. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-in-brazil-test-positive-for-cocaine/1004687/10 "2024-07-24T00:52:53Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Cocaine Shark, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo I’d _love_ to see a complete treatment of that with all 3 generations of gateway drug consumers and appropriate pantomime actions. All performed by adorable 8yos led by a 20-something cute mixed-race couple of chaperones. _Kidz Bop_ meets _Breaking Bad_. 😉 Why yes I _am_ rapidly becoming a degenerate in my retirement years. 😁 🦈 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-in-brazil-test-positive-for-cocaine/1004687/11 "2024-07-24T01:14:02Z")
This could make for a very interesting Shark Week next year. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-in-brazil-test-positive-for-cocaine/1004687/12 "2024-07-24T01:41:54Z")
I read that whole article to find out one thing and I still don’t know why the Hell anybody is testing sharks for cocaine. Did they apply for a job at UPS? ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-in-brazil-test-positive-for-cocaine/1004687/13 "2024-07-24T01:44:00Z")
Delivery sharks! That explains it. Like methamphetamine being the truckers’ drug of choice. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-in-brazil-test-positive-for-cocaine/1004687/14 "2024-07-24T07:09:56Z")
So when the cocaine ruins all the cartilage in their bodies do they become gummy sharks? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-in-brazil-test-positive-for-cocaine/1004687/15 "2024-07-24T09:06:03Z")
I took it to mean that they were just testing the health of the sharks and noticed the cocaine. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-in-brazil-test-positive-for-cocaine/1004687/16 "2024-07-24T13:47:15Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > So when the cocaine ruins all the cartilage in their bodies do they become gummy sharks? Since shark cartilage is a component in a bunch of different joint health supplements for humans, and since the process of harvesting and refining that stuff necessarily concentrates any undesirable stuff like mercury or cocaine, I wonder if we need to be concerned about that finding its way into people. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-in-brazil-test-positive-for-cocaine/1004687/17 "2024-07-24T14:00:15Z")
Actually, [Cocaine Sharks](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28503824/?ref_=ext_shr) was broadcast during Shark Week last year. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-in-brazil-test-positive-for-cocaine/1004687/18 "2024-07-24T14:07:10Z")
It’d be interesting to know what those purported “high levels” of cocaine in the sharks were and how they might translate into any physiologic effects. I’ve gotten wary of scare stories about X chemical detected in body fluids, when the reported levels turn out to be on the order of millionths or billionths of a gram per liter. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-in-brazil-test-positive-for-cocaine/1004687/19 "2024-07-24T14:09:29Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > the reported levels turn out to be on the order of millionths or billionths of a gram per liter. A homeopathic nightmare!!! ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-in-brazil-test-positive-for-cocaine/1004687/20 "2024-07-24T14:24:50Z")
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