Greetings all,
I'm training for the Shark Swim in July. I've decided to wear a wet suit. Most wet suits I've worn for scuba or windsurfing come in black. This makes one look like a seal. All the shark attack research I've read says that most attacks on humans occur because of mistaken identity. The logical conclusion is that one should wear bright colors that proclaim to sharks, "I am not a seal". But have you ever strolled around a fishing tackle shop? All the expensive lures are bright and loudly colored which seem to suggest fish like bright. Do any of you have an opinion on the question 'dark like a seal or bright like a lure?'.
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Having grown up on the coast I was always taught to stay out of schools of fish (and I suppose that would apply to groups / herds / what ever they are called of seals) to help to avoid mistaken idenity by a shark. In all my years living on the coast I never once heard of someone being attacked.
One question? Can sharks see color? It might not make any difference whether you are in all black or bright/neon colors... I thought for sharks it was more movement and smell than color...
Having grown up on the coast I was always taught to stay out of schools of fish (and I suppose that would apply to groups / herds / what ever they are called of seals) to help to avoid mistaken idenity by a shark. In all my years living on the coast I never once heard of someone being attacked.
One question? Can sharks see color? It might not make any difference whether you are in all black or bright/neon colors... I thought for sharks it was more movement and smell than color...
