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:Idiocy

[stjobe]

Sharks actually hunt with all their senses:

Hearing: up to several kilometres.
Smell: 100+ metres
Pressure: Up to 100 metres
Sight: Up to 100 metres
Electric: Up to 50 centimetres.
Taste, touch: Direct contact

But yeah, sharks cover their eyes with the nictitating membrane (or roll their eyes back if they lack a nictitatinig membrane, like the Great White) when they actually bite, so they don't rely on their eyes for the final attack; but before that final attack they do rely on their eyes (as well as their other senses).

Re: radical new technology

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

Especially if you give it a massive tooth ache in the process. Then it just might get really annoyed at you.

Sharks are too hardcore to even notice a minor problem like that.

When you are a shark, teeth are basically belt-fed consumables [wikimedia.org]. Lose one? Multiple rows of failover teeth just waiting to replace it.

Re:radical new technology

[volmtech]

Said woman went outside to her car and retrieved the gun. Stand your ground no longer applied. That being said she was afraid for her children, I believe, and it was her home and she did not try to harm him, just send a message. Common sense is not common in the judicial system.