{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64ee1d329a27a50011dc9b65/6650ce45c82f830012137f9c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Sharks on Drugs","description":"<p>FACT: Abandoned bricks of cocaine wash ashore every year off the coast of Florida from drug smugglers evading the Coast Guard. FICTION: We need to be worried about cocaine fueled sharks. Your host Kasha Patel imagines what would happen if sharks consumed that cocaine and explores the science behind it.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li>“Behavioral screening for cocaine sensitivity in mutagenized zebrafish,” <a href=\"https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.191380698?doi=10.1073%2Fpnas.191380698#sec-2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Tristan Darland and John E. Dowling</a>&nbsp;</li><li>“Yes, ‘Cocaine Bear’ Was Real. Here’s the Back Story.” <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/01/arts/cocaine-bear-true-story.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Amanda Holpuch</a>&nbsp;</li><li>Powdered Cocaine Fast Facts, by <a href=\"https://www.justice.gov/archive/ndic/pubs3/3951/index.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">National Drug Intelligence Center</a>&nbsp;</li><li>“Are ‘Cocaine Sharks’ Really Scarfing Down Drugs off Florida’s Coasts?” <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-cocaine-sharks-really-eating-drugs-off-floridas-coasts/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by: Jack Timisiea</a>&nbsp;</li><li>“How sharks recycle toxic ammonia to keep their skin moist,”<a href=\"https://phys.org/news/2016-10-sharks-recycle-toxic-ammonia-skin.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> by University of British Columbia</a>&nbsp;</li><li>“Are whale sharks exposed to persistent organic pollutants and plastic pollution in the Gulf of California (Mexico)? First ecotoxicological investigation using skin biopsies,”<a href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1532045617300558#s0095\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> by Maria Cristina Fossi, Matteo Baini, Cristina Panti, Matteo Galli, Begoña Jiménez, Juan Muñoz-Arnanz, Letizia Marsili, Maria Grazia Finoia, Dení Ramírez-Macías</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XajNg6ARogw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">NBC News Learn: Ocean Acidification</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969713003823?via%3Dihub\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Uptake of human pharmaceuticals in bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) inhabiting a wastewater-impacted river</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl0hk-BEtCw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">WPLG Local 10: Keys locals find hauls of cocaine worth over $2 million</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8Jp3xhUfWw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Business Insider: Tracking Drug Smugglers And Unauthorized Migrants With The Coast Guard In Miami</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvKWwqJQGtE\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Animal Fact Files: Nurse Shark Facts: why a NURSE? 🦈 Animal Fact Files</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqVmAG62VW8\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Verge: Italy’s eels have a cocaine problem</a>&nbsp;</li></ul>","author_name":"Discovery"}