Re: [Paddlewise] Yum Yum Yellow

On Sep 20, 21:10, "Arthur Hebert" wrote:
} Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Yum Yum Yellow
> Steve wrote;
> >Around here (Southern CA) we refer to that color as Yum Yum Yellow. It
> seems
> >that someone did a study concerning what color kayaks were preferred by
> >sharks and the two most popular colors for attacks were yellow and then
> >white. (I wish I had known that before I bought my boat in Perception's
> >Granite)   ;)
> 
> Steve, I think that was the US Navy that did the study, been a while since I
> read bout the study.
> If I remember correctly Yum Yum Yellow was the most popular color and black
> was the most unpoular color for attracting our sharped toothed friends and
> yes they are friends, just like people some just have a bad attitude. I've
> been bumped by a couple and been in a feeding frenzey with a couple, of
> course I was in the kayak and they were  in the water.
> Arthur

The "study", if it exists, was definitely not based on kayaks.  Kayaks
is a new variation on the Yum Yum Yellow legend.

I haven't been able to track down this legendary study, but it's not at
all likely from what I've heard that the results apply to sharks found
in Southern California waters, or to objects shaped like a kayak floating
on the surface.

Let's please stop spreading silly rumors like this until some hard
data surfaces, ok?  Can anyone actually find this so-called study in
the scientific literature, or other real scientific source?  If not, I
respectfully suggest it should be treated as just another rumor/myth.

And no, finding the story in the non-scientific media or kayaking
books doesn't count. 


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