Shark Week Is Said To Cover "Cocaine Sharks" That Might Be Feasting Off Cocaine Being Dumped Off The Coast Of Florida
Shark Week is usually all fins and thrills, but this year it might also be about something far uglier. Researchers are reportedly looking into “cocaine sharks,” meaning sharks that could be getting into the same waters where cocaine is allegedly being dumped off Florida.
The buzz started in the Florida Keys, where drugs are said to be washing up, and where locals have described hammerhead sharks swimming strangely, like they are chasing something that is not there. Into that messy, rumor-heavy situation steps Tom Hird, who is testing the theory with controlled experiments to see what happens when sharks are offered something that looks like drugs.
And if the sharks take the bait the same way they did in the simulated tests, it turns Shark Week into a very dark mystery.
It's a discussed phenomenon that these sharks are coming into contact with cocaine being dumped off the coast.
During this year's Shark Week, researcher Tom Hird is venturing into the waters to test his theory on whether or not this could actually be happening and what the results could be. Tom joins another scientist to test theories by conducting multiple experiments to see if and how these sharks might be ingesting cocaine.
Florida Keys is where the discussion began about the potential for sharks to encounter drugs dumped off the coast.
It's reported that drugs are a significant problem in the Keys, with over 140 pounds washing up in the Lower Keys this year. There have also been sightings of sharks behaving unusually.
Some people have observed hammerhead sharks swimming erratically and crookedly, as well as other sharks that seemed to be stalking things that simply weren't there. This prompted Hird to conduct a real experiment and investigate the possibility.
He tossed bricks of simulated drugs, which were actually just a lot of fish powder, into the water to see how the sharks would react. To their surprise, the sharks went straight for them and took a substantial bite out.
This demonstrates just how easily this scenario could occur in real life with actual narcotics.
That Florida Keys chatter about hammerheads swimming “crookedly” is what kicked off Tom Hird’s decision to get in the water and actually test the idea.
After reports of more than 140 pounds washing up in the Lower Keys, the whole thing stopped being a rumor and started sounding like a real, ongoing problem.
This goes harder than Ross Edgley’s challenge, where he mimicked a tiger shark diet by eating 41,000 calories in two days.
When Hird tossed in bricks of simulated drugs, basically fish powder, the sharks went straight for them and took a serious bite.
So now Shark Week is basically running its own experiment, and everyone is waiting to see whether the “cocaine sharks” story holds up with the real verdict.
This is such an intriguing concept. While this doesn't confirm the theory, it does suggest that it could be a problem and that there is potential to endanger animals by doing this.
Stay tuned for Shark Week to see all of the experiments conducted and what the final verdict will be on the Cocaine Sharks.
If sharks are treating drug dumps like dinner, Shark Week might end with a lot more than just jaw-dropping footage.
That “unexpected visitor” energy is real, see the massive 20-foot shark spotted in a Rhode Island pond.
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