Good morning friends,
I was working yesterday & a customer came into the shop looking for new fins. When I was showing her our inventory, she exclaimed "nothing white!" to which I replied with "why not?" After all, I have always personally admired the appearance of ice-white gear against the contrast of the deep blue. Her response surprised me....she said that sharks are attracted to the color white. I asked her where she got that thought process from, and she rattled off some names of some well-known divers who focus most of their energy on shark conservation/research. She specifically mentioned a photographer who has supposedly worked with NatGeo quite extensively. Long story short, this gentleman is adamant that there is a correlation between "white" gear & unwanted interactions with sharks.
Has anyone else heard of this? Is there any science to back it up?
I was working yesterday & a customer came into the shop looking for new fins. When I was showing her our inventory, she exclaimed "nothing white!" to which I replied with "why not?" After all, I have always personally admired the appearance of ice-white gear against the contrast of the deep blue. Her response surprised me....she said that sharks are attracted to the color white. I asked her where she got that thought process from, and she rattled off some names of some well-known divers who focus most of their energy on shark conservation/research. She specifically mentioned a photographer who has supposedly worked with NatGeo quite extensively. Long story short, this gentleman is adamant that there is a correlation between "white" gear & unwanted interactions with sharks.
Has anyone else heard of this? Is there any science to back it up?