--------- > The "study", if it exists, was definitely not based on kayaks. Kayaks > is a new variation on the Yum Yum Yellow legend. > as I said in my posting I recall they used surfboards or some such floating device > 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. i can;t recall the location > > 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. well as I said I DID stumble across it in a scientific magazine (the oceanographers here get a few of them - of the serious scientific magazine but not fully fledged journal variety). Maybe I'll search for it again one day. nick *************************************************************************** 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 - 22:16:57 PDT
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