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I live on Cape Cod during the summer and from my deck on Provincetown harbor I can see, about a mile away, a stretch of beach where large numbers of seals haul themselves out. I am told by locals that there is at least one great white shark that is also resident when the seals are there.
I won't go, here, into questioning the wisdom of people who swim off of that stretch of beach, though it must be said that I haven't heard of any shark attacks there, either. I have friends who swim daily all summer, over on my side of the harbor and none of them are missing significant parts, at least not as a result of shark attacks. Still, it got me wondering about how to make a shark attack less likely.
So I found this Ted talk.
I have to wonder, given what looks to me like compelling evidence that certain color patterns on a wet suit can, at the very least, reduce the likelihood of a shark attack, why aren't some of the big wet suit manufacturers beginning to incorporate some of these ideas?
I won't go, here, into questioning the wisdom of people who swim off of that stretch of beach, though it must be said that I haven't heard of any shark attacks there, either. I have friends who swim daily all summer, over on my side of the harbor and none of them are missing significant parts, at least not as a result of shark attacks. Still, it got me wondering about how to make a shark attack less likely.
So I found this Ted talk.
I have to wonder, given what looks to me like compelling evidence that certain color patterns on a wet suit can, at the very least, reduce the likelihood of a shark attack, why aren't some of the big wet suit manufacturers beginning to incorporate some of these ideas?