Rethinking the Wetsuit

symbolset writes "Apparently Australians have come up with the brilliant idea: if you don't want to be eaten by a shark, it's best to not go swimming in shark-infested waters in a seal costume. '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.'"

Re:radical new technology

[Anonymous Coward]

Not in Florida.

Re:White and Dark Stripes

[Calydor]

Yeah, they do. How many zebras are eaten by sharks every year, huh?

Re:not shark food

[rvw]

Surely it's an evolutionary advantage to any creature to be marked as 'not shark food'. Why aren't all fish stripey ?

I think it was not hip at the time. You know, some fish just want to live on the edge.

Re:That's nice

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't always dive. But when I do, I eat the sharks.

Re:some animals fake poison via stripes

[cervesaebraciator]

I know they aren't the only animals who have fake "not food" markings.

Suburban human teenagers have been known to imitate the aggressive display and dress of alpha male gangsters from the city. This is done chiefly to avoid predation or being asked to take out the trash.

Re:That's nice

[Razgorov Prikazka]

Hey Chuck Norris!

I never knew that you post under AC here. I always assumed that your username would be root and your UID was -1.

Knock knock Knock

[martinQblank]

[Scene: Interior. A New York apartment. There is a knock at the door.]
Woman: [speaking through closed door] Yes?
Voice: (mumbling) Mrs. Arlsburgerhhh?
Woman: Who?
Voice: (mumbling) Mrs. Johannesburrrr?
Woman: Who is it?
Voice: [pause] Flowers.
Woman: Flowers for whom?
Voice: [long pause] Plumber, ma'am.
Woman: I don't need a plumber. You're that clever shark, aren't you?
Voice: [pause] Candygram.
Woman: Candygram, my foot! You get out of here before I call the police! You're the shark, and you know it!
Voice: Wait. I-I'm only a dolphin, ma'am.
Woman: A dolphin? Well... Okay. [opens door]
[Huge latex and foam-rubber shark head lunges through open door, chomps down on woman's head, and drags her out of the apartment, as Jaws attack music plays.]

Source: wikipedia