EXPERTS have suspected that sharks off the coast of Florida are coming into contact with large amounts of cocaine that’s getting dumped into the ocean.
Hauls of cocaine are said to be dropped in the ocean either to let smugglers collect them or as an attempt for criminals to escape law enforcement.
Large batches of the drug have been known to wash up on Florida beaches.
Marine biologist Tom Hird, who’s better known by his YouTube nickname The Blowfish, wanted to see whether sharks off the coast of Florida were consuming the substance, according to Live Science,
He made a documentary for Discovery’s Shark Week called Cocaine Sharks.
University of Florida environmental scientist Tracy Fanara also took part in the study.
They went to the Florida Keys to investigate reports that sharks consume drugs there.
During a dive, they spotted a hammerhead shark and a sandbar shark that appear to be behaving in an odd manner.
The experts also conducted an experiment in which they dropped packages that looked like bales of cocaine in the area.
They observed sharks swimming straight to the packages and biting into them.