Deking out a shark?

[chillyinCanada]

Surfers are putting eyes on the bottom of their boards to freak out sharks and stop themselves getting attacked

 

[martincohn]

But wait there's more!

 

[Zef]

Do sharks have the visual acuity to see those eye stickers on the bottom of surfboards? If they do, do they have the mental acuity to process that info and not attack? If the shark is hungry enough would it matter? If the shark ha the mental acuity wouldn't they just figure out to ambush from a different line of attack?

The article cites that the chances of being bitten by a GW is1 in 3.75 million....how did they test the effectiveness of their product? or did they?

Fear sells.

-Z

 

[chillyinCanada]

I say pull out all the stops, why not? How expensive are stickers in the scheme of things?

I was interested in the part of the article addressing wetsuit legs.
For divers, we've thought that too much contrast was not necessarily a good thing.

Remember "yummy yellow"?

 

[divinh]

I say pull out all the stops, why not? How expensive are stickers in the scheme of things?

I was interested in the part of the article addressing wetsuit legs.
For divers, we've thought that too much contrast was not necessarily a good thing.

Remember "yummy yellow"?

Wait, what? I've been diving in a dive skin with yellow stripes down the sides... (see profile photo)

 

[Jcp2]

The magnetic and electrical field repellents might have a better placebo effect than stickers. Just saying.

 

[RIHappyDiver]

The magnetic and electrical field repellents might have a better placebo effect than stickers. Just saying.

But they’re not as much fun!

 

[flyboy08]

Eyes are a sharks delicacy.....just sayn

 

[chillyinCanada]

Wait, what? I've been diving in a dive skin with yellow stripes down the sides... (see profile photo)

My first couple of wetsuits were similar.

 

[Ana]

So maybe I should reconsider my mask strap