Shark-safe wetsuits? Would different colors help?

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4-28-2008 @ 11:55AM

rrgg said...

I remember reading something about this...

The story is that fish are typically scared away by bright colors, and it's part of the reason many more surf shorts used to be brightly colored. It turns out that this is true for most fish but not sharks. Sharks are actually attracted to bright colors.

Regardless, I agree with niro that in this case the shark is seeing a silhouette.

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