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Cocaine-affected salmon swim nearly twice as far
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Wudi feddit.uk Wudi@feddit.uk
Joined: 2026-02-21
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Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cocaine-pollution-seems-to-make-salmon-swim-faster-and-farther-than-usual-scientists-dont-know-the-long-term-consequences-180988600/
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username968142 lemmy.world username968142@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-01-25
#2 · Quote Reply

So do I, so do I...
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TropicalDingdong lemmy.world TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-29
#3 · Quote Reply

Well good for them
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cøre leminal.space core@leminal.space
Joined: 2025-10-26
#4 · Quote Reply

So we'll have bigger meatier salmon?
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A_norny_mousse piefed.zip A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip
Joined: 2026-02-04
#5 · Quote Reply

Can confirm.
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qualia lemmy.world qualia@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-11-05
#6 · Quote Reply

The prequel to Cocaine Bear we didn't know we needed.
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Sibbo sopuli.xyz Sibbo@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-06
#7 · Quote Reply
cøre wrote:
So we'll have bigger meatier salmon?

And with interesting side effects!
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Delilah lemmy.blahaj.zone Delilah@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-01-05
#8 · Quote Reply
cøre wrote:
So we'll have bigger meatier salmon?

Skinny tweaker salmon
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fox2263 lemmy.world fox2263@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-06
#9 · Quote Reply

I probably would too tbh
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teft piefed.social teft@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-07-22
#10 · (edited) Quote Reply

Cocaine affected people do too.
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Imgonnatrythis sh.itjust.works Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-09-23
#11 · Quote Reply

Seems like a waste of cocaine.
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CocaineShrimp sh.itjust.works CocaineShrimp@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-06-30
#12 · Quote Reply

Okay, hold on. I've got a better idea....
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Goldholz lemmy.blahaj.zone Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2023-12-12
#13 · Quote Reply
CocaineShrimp wrote:
Okay, hold on. I've got a better idea....

Invading france?
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yermaw sh.itjust.works yermaw@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-07-10
#14 · Quote Reply

I thought this was dumb at first, but then realised these researchers must have procured some lab-grade cocaine for testing purposes.

Imagine how far the salmon would have swam id they'd been given all the cocaine they said they did.
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Tiral lemmy.world Tiral@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-08
#15 · Quote Reply

My question is, how drunk were they when someone was like "let's give cocaine to salmon and see what happens"
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Etterra discuss.online Etterra@discuss.online
Joined: 2024-12-10
#16 · Quote Reply
Tiral wrote:
My question is, how drunk were they when someone was like "let's give cocaine to salmon and see what happens"

Florida drunk. Because that's where literal cocaine sharks live.
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NotSteve_ lemmy.ca NotSteve_@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-07-16
#17 · (edited) Quote Reply
teft wrote:
Cocaine affected people do too.

I think I'm going to need to run some tests to verify
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deliriousdreams fedia.io deliriousdreams@fedia.io
Joined: 2025-11-01
#18 · Quote Reply

Just scientists studying the consequences of America's cocaine infested waters.
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The Ramen Dutchman ttrpg.network lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network
Joined: 2023-07-22
#19 · (edited) Quote Reply
Tiral wrote:
My question is, how drunk were they when someone was like "let's give cocaine to salmon and see what happens"

Nobody did, the article discusses cocaine pollution.
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The Ramen Dutchman ttrpg.network lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network
Joined: 2023-07-22
#20 · Quote Reply
Imgonnatrythis wrote:
Seems like a waste of cocaine.

True, but if it helps anything the article discusses cocaine pollution.
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