American Military News by Rick Sobey - Boston Herald November 13, 2024
Let there be light!
That’s what shark researchers are saying after finding that LED lights on surfboards could be the key to preventing great white shark bites.
The Australian scientists have published the results of a six-year shark study that could lead to a revolution in surfboard design.
“What we’ve been trying to do is understand how sharks see their prey. And with an understanding of that, see if we can create some shark deterrents, which protect people and also sharks,” said Macquarie University Professor Nathan Hart.
The researchers went to the shark-infested waters of Mossel Bay in South Africa to test out how lights impact great white sharks.
While driving a boat, the researchers put out on the water a seal-shaped foam decoy — and saw how the sharks responded to that decoy.
“What we found out is if you put lights on the bottom of the decoys, the sharks leave them alone,” Hart said. “And so we think this tells us a lot about how sharks see the world, and how they detect and target their prey.
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