A bull shark comes close to inspect a tourist's camera during an eco tourism shark dive off in Florida on May 5, 2022.Joseph Prezioso/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Sharks might be consuming drugs that are dumped off the Florida coast, scientists say. An upcoming Shark Week episode will investigate whether the drugs are impacting the animals. The scientists observed unusual behavior from some sharks, including one fixating on an imaginary object. Scientists think hungry sharks might be feeding on drugs dumped off the Florida coast and sending them a little crazy.An upcoming Discovery Channel Shark Week episode, "Cocaine Sharks," looks into the theory, with its title referencing the "Cocaine Bear" that ingested nearly 75 lb of cocaine in 1985 – and loosely inspired a comedy horror film that came out earlier this year."It's a catchy headline to shed light on a real problem, that everything we use, everything we manufacture, everything we put into our bodies, ends up in our wastewater streams and natural water bodies, and these aquatic life we depend on to survive are then exposed to that," said Dr.
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