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Scientists Just Gave Cocaine to Salmon

Nature and animals

Scientists discovered that fish exposed to benzoylecgonine, a cocaine metabolite, swim nearly twice as far as unexposed fish in Lake Vättern, Sweden. This field study provides the first evidence of drug residues directly altering wild aquatic animal behavior, raising new questions about ecological impacts of human drug pollution. Source Article: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(26)00315-5 #medicine #discovery #ecology #breakthrough #shorts My Patreon:🚀 http://patreon.com/DrBenMiles My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbenmiles My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drbenmiles My Newsletter: https://drbenmiles.substack.com/ My Merch: https://www.rockstarscientist.org/ 🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/drbenmiles MY GEAR 📷 Sony A7III https://amzn.to/3OWrmGd 🔎 Sigma 402965 16 mm F1.4 https://amzn.to/49BNJdq 🎤 Shure SM7B https://amzn.to/4sF3ngx 🎤 Zoom H4n Pro https://amzn.to/3OXsklB 🎤 Sennheiser AVX https://amzn.to/4geWnBi

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bradley.page 1 month ago

Salmon got Coke before GTA 6

lakshmiatlas43
lakshmiatlas43 1 month ago

If they can’t stay in one spot, they’re less safe from predators and fishing. And also you have coked up fish so that’s a problem too.

franz-xaver_scheel
franz-xaver_scheel 1 month ago

Where did the scientist get pure coke from? 🤣🤣

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heathermerritt95 1 month ago

The real question is where did they get the cocain

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luz_mireles 1 month ago

That salmon be feeling GREAT

revadawn74
revadawn74 1 month ago

"I swear boss, I only ate salmon for dinner last night and no extra curricular activities. Idk how that Cola got in my system!?"

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garytaylor19 1 month ago

Imagine the Bears on Cocaine 🐻

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beth_burton 1 month ago

Wow now my Fish is a Drug addict 😂😂😂😂😂😂

mariacecíliaalbuquerque427
mariacecíliaalbuquerque427 1 month ago

"bro, these salmons were high" "Huh? You mean.. peak?" "No bro, like. DAMN."

priya_ghose
priya_ghose 1 month ago

Ahh yes let's give some random fish cocaine

maríaluisa_lemus
maríaluisa_lemus 1 month ago

Never been so jealous of a fish in my life

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nehaganesh976 1 month ago

Just imagine the conversation they had to get funding for this project

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shawnbird242 1 month ago

You know, when you really consider it, it is absolutely astonishing the amount of damage humans are doing to the natural environment.

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nicholas_smith 1 month ago

So thats why i like shrimp so much

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matthewjimenez802 1 month ago

Some kid is gonna go snort the ocean

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sarah.zuniga 1 month ago

"Flushing drugs is hurting fish" was not on my 2026 bingo card.

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victoria_elliott 1 month ago

Never see Finding Nemo & Dori the dame again 😂

ashleyjames985
ashleyjames985 1 month ago

Great we had cocaine bear and now cocaine salman?

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helen_hunter 1 month ago

The thing with lake Vättern is salmon isnt native there anyways and doesn't reproduce. Brown trout does tho

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robertyadav686 1 month ago

Scientists try not to give cocaine to animals challenge(imposible)