Sharks on Drugs

Shark Week's Daily Bite by Discovery

May 28, 202415:49Science & Medicine

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 wh...

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