Jackie wrote > Nope, that's an urban legend. I thought most California sea kayakers > knew that. > Bob Myers Wrote Ridiculous, of course. Nobody's done a study of what color kayaks a shark prefers. And besides, shark attacks on kayaks are so rare that the data is statistically invalid. i write; I'm not sure about these comments. A few years ago I had heard of this. Sounded dubious. then one day while lunching in the tea room I happened to pick up one of the scientific mags that lie around my work place. Don't ask me which one - I didn't keep it. There it was - a story about a study by some shark researchers who had studied on which colours are most likely to attract a shark attack. they had tried all sorts of colours and patterns - using surfboards, or something similar, if I remember correctly.. the results - yum yum yellow was number one also don't get a zebra pattern black and white kayak- that was number two. If I remember correctly though the associations were not that strong. Unless the story or research was a hoax or my memory is so awful - there you are. Nick Nicholas Gill School of Geography and Oceanography University of NSW Australian Defence Force Academy Canberra ACT 2600 Ph. 02 6268 8317 Mob. 041 7659440 Fax 02 6268 8313 Email: nicholas.gill_at_adfa.edu.au *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Sep 20 1999 - 20:14:33 PDT
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