Scientists reveal findings of bizarre study which saw salmon fed COCAINE

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Scientists have revealed the findings of a study which saw salmon fed cocaine to uncover the hidden impact of Britain's drug habits on aquatic wildlife.Scientists from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) collaborated with researchers at Griffith University in Australia and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences to conduct the first study examining how drug pollution affects fish behaviour.The international team discovered that cocaine-fuelled young Atlantic salmon can swim almost double the distance compared to sober fish.Prior experiments had demonstrated that drugs in waterways altered animal behaviour, but until now researchers had not confirmed whether such effects occurred in wild settings.The research team fitted 105 young Atlantic salmon with implants that slowly released benzoylecgonine, the metabolite produced when cocaine passes through the human body.These fish were then set free in Sweden's Lake Vattern, where scientists tracked their movements over an...

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