on 20-07-2013 03:47 PM
An “invisibility cloak” to protect surfers from sharks has been launched in Western Australia, the scene of five fatal shark attacks in recent years.
Scientists from the University of Western Australia, with designers Shark Attack Mitigation Systems (SAMS), have unveiled two new wetsuits that they say could save lives in the water.
Based on a breakthrough discovery that sharks are colour-blind, one wetsuit, labelled the “Elude”, is designed to camouflage a swimmer or diver in the sea.
At the other extreme, the “Diverter” sports bold white and dark-blue stripes, and is intended to mirror nature's warning signs to ward off any potential shark attack.
Reckon our divers'll go for it? Ay?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/18/invisibility-suit-protect-shark-australia
on 05-08-2013 08:18 PM
not the same as the five laughy-face award
on 05-08-2013 09:10 PM
on 05-08-2013 10:08 PM
I believe sharks are colourblind anyway, bright. A bit like dogs
06-08-2013 09:48 AM - edited 06-08-2013 09:49 AM
I'd go more for a design like the hatchetfish and with todays low power leds it should be doable. Their shiny sides make them invisable from the side and the lites under them that make them blend in when viewed from below.
Lower image is the view from below made visible.
Why are sharks dark on top and white under them? To hide from what predator?
After a number of underwater earthquakes, tsunamis, and massive hurricanes that changed the topography of the ocean floor and global warming many species of fish have been turning up once thought extinct. Only recently has a giant squid been filmed and if weren't for dead ones (1st one was 1954) that washed up they'd still be thought a myth.
It's a theory that the giant shark megalodon is not extinct and has changed it's feeding pattern due to all those natural disasters (and/or man made effects). Every citing coincides with the Humpback whales migration route.
A life guard in Africa watching the water from high above the beach witnessed a whale being attacked. It was photograghed from the beach. It occured shortly after a boat was attacked and sank by 'something'.
The witness says it was at this point the whale was being attacked.....meaning the distance between the fin and whale was all shark.
1st known photogragh from a German u boat......
There are other photos, but I can't find them. To give you an idea, here's a comparison with a human and a Great White.
Thought extinct millions of years a tooth was recently discovered that carbon dates it as early as 10,000 years ago.
Shark week starts today!!!
on 06-08-2013 09:08 PM
on 07-08-2013 06:30 AM
Shark week starts today!!!
and all the myths that go with it, haha
insane animal the megalodon, jim, it ruled