Go hang off the Cott beacon with one and find out.

pweedas said...
But there might be some fish or something that they find disgusting so typically don't eat.

A Collingwood jersey could work.

can't hurt

They defeated German U-Boats (sharks of a diferent kind) with something similar back in WWI and WWII.

jn1 said..

pweedas said..

But there might be some fish or something that they find disgusting so typically don't eat.

Andre Georgescu's research in the Spencer/St Vincent gulfs in the 90's observed that the Great While didn't hunt the Black Sting ray due to it's large double barbs.

Yeah but wetsuits are already mostly black and that doesn't seem to be working all that well.
Maybe if we attcah a stingray tail to the wet suit it might help?
Or maybe some double barbs somewhere instead of just one all wrapped up tight?

Or maybe just paint some barbs on the legs, that might do it. Cheap too.
I think something simple like that might work.
All I need now is some willing guinea pigs,.. I mean loyal employees.

One thing is for sure, plain black is not a good idea. Why make yourself look like their favorite snack,. Seals.

pweedas said..

I was thinking more along the lines of colouring the wetsuits similar to something sharks didn't lke to eat, but I couldn't find anything that they didn't eat

How do you make yourself look like a GWS but bigger than the one that wants to eat you?

What about in murky water? Pretty sure thats when most attacks occur...Sharks rely on their other senses not just sight.

I'm thinking Beetlejuice...

I'm tipping that if you don't have the b@lls to surf because you think a shark may get you - you're going to struggle with the fashion fopar that these wetties induce.

That is the latest swimming collection.
Just in case strips doesn't work well on shark you could bang him with steel ball.

Hello Dad and Mum
I am sending you picture from my summer holiday


Don't worry about me, we have good food here. Fish and chips everyday

This isn't new.
I've seen this on a tv show before, the theory behind it was that the black and white stripes was similar to the striping of a sucker fish that attach themselves to the shark and do whatever they do, the sharks don't eat them because they are useful to them.
Also seen on myth busters (I think) where they experimented with different noises under water and found that sharks were deterred by the sound of a plastic drink bottle being crushed, often give the mono sail a good shake when in the water longer than usual water starting

And then there's the doco where they built a hydraulic shark jaw and kept winding up the pressure until it took a clean bite out of a leg of pork, what a crock of sh!t that was, didn't take into account the threshing affect of the shark, far removed from the Rodney Fox doco where they wore mesh sleeves and enticed , ok only small sharks to take fish by biting there arms and came to the conclusion that the jaw pressure of a shark is not where the damage is done.

Soooo,, no fashion sense eh?

pirrad said..

Also seen on myth busters (I think) where they experimented with different noises under water and found that sharks were deterred by the sound of a plastic drink bottle being crushed, often give the mono sail a good shake when in the water longer than usual water starting

Not sure this holds true;


Might want to stop shaking your sail haha.

Green Cherub said..

pirrad said..

Also seen on myth busters (I think) where they experimented with different noises under water and found that sharks were deterred by the sound of a plastic drink bottle being crushed, often give the mono sail a good shake when in the water longer than usual water starting

Not sure this holds true;

Might want to stop shaking your sail haha.

Surely thats 57ft? That's a ridiculous depth to be at with the gear they have on... still pretty scary though.

Why not just make wetsuits with "DO NOT EAT" written on them?

...on second thoughts this will work fine until you run into a Portuguese shark.