Off the coast of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, fishermen accidentally caught 13 Sharpnose sharks ― considered vulnerable to extinction ― between 2021 and 2023.

The 13 fish were dissected and examined by scientists.

After examination, they found some troubling news ― all 13 of the sharks’ bodies contained both cocaine and benzoylecgonine, a metabolite produced by the body after breaking the drug down.

“While I’m not at all surprised to see cocaine metabolites in the water, as you’d expect that from human urine, I am surprised to see ‘cocaine’ in the water,” Tracy Fanara, an oceanographer at the University of Florida, told National Geographic.

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