Drug-addicted sharks found off the coast of Florida (4 photos)

Local fishermen and divers noticed strange behavior of sea inhabitants, and the reason for this turned out to be rather non-standard.





Residents of Florida drew attention to uncharacteristic behavior predatory inhabitants of the sea. Sharks swam up to people instead of try to avoid contact. At the same time, predators did not attack humans. - I got the impression that they were just watching the rest. A sand shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) has also been seen for a long time circled around a non-existent object.



To study the behavior of marine life, territory coast of Florida was examined for a long time by marine biologist Tom Hurd and environmentalist Tracy Fanara. They came to the conclusion that sharks were victims smugglers. The latter often throw away packages of drugs for board if they notice an approaching patrol. Sometimes dangerous goods sink into shipwreck time.



Apparently, the predators picked up drugs and over time addicted to them. At least if packages were thrown into the water, resembling a cargo of cocaine, sharks briskly rushed to their prey and tried swallow it.



And during the observation, the scientists themselves encountered an unusual the reaction of a shark that pretended to want to attack explorers, opened her mouth, and then rushed into a completely different side and bit the water.

And when dummies of swans and fake bundles were placed in the water with alleged cocaine, scientists were shocked when they saw that sharks preferred drugs to food. One of the predators even sailed away with a bundle, not paying attention to the swan.

“We have no idea what [cocaine] can do to a shark,” Hurd said in an interview with Live Science, adding that from limited studies have shown that various marine inhabitants react differently to the same chemical.

So far, scientists have studied only the behavior of predators, but more accurate studies with the study of blood and other tissue samples of sharks have not yet been were done. Then how exactly they could help in resolving the issue: Are these sharks drug addicts and, most importantly, what to do with it now. In the meantime scientists ponder these questions, screenwriters waste no time could well write a new plot for an exciting film about junkie sharks and eternal Tom Kruse, who will save them and the whole world.