Surfing Waves

https://www.theinertia.com/news/a-fur-seal-rabies-outbreak-in-south-africa-has-surfers-on-edge/ There is a rabies outbreak in seals in South Africa...changes surfers outlook on having seals nearby

that's creepy!

I didn’t think the navy had any missions there

jaffa1949 wrote:I didn’t think the navy had any missions there

Haha, well they are talking about fur seals not the navy variety which it appears are much more deadly.

They are known to be rabid sometimes!

Interactive map: Cocaine on world's rivers and oceans + coke-addled sharks off coast of Brazil

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech ... e-map.html

I read the sharks have pure cocaine in their bodies. If it came from the sewer system you'd expect to see the metabolized elements. After the investigation it will be interesting to see how this happened.

According to Al Jazeerah one explanation is "drug traffickers are known to dump cargoes of illegal drugs into the sea if they fear being caught by the coastguard. In other instances, drug traffickers use a delivery system in which they wrap cocaine in multiple layers of plastic and other waterproof materials and drop it into the water to be picked up by another boat. In February 2023, police in New Zealand found 3.2 tonnes of cocaine worth $300m floating in the sea.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/26/why-have-brazilian-sharks-tested-positive-for-cocaine#:~:text=Thirteen%20Brazilian%20sharpnose%20sharks%20caught,Janeiro%2Dbased%20Oswaldo%20Cruz%20Foundation.

Happening in Australia too!