[Paddlewise] Wetsuits and Shark attacks

David said:

There was an interesting article in one of our papers a few months ago
about shark attacks. A scientist had discovered a correlation between
weeing in wetsuits and shark attacks. Apparently, according to the
scientist, the combination of urine and Neoprene is a bit of a turn on
for sharks. I think, if I remember correctly, they had interview as many
shark attack victims as they could, nearly all surfers, and found that
they had weed in their wetsuit just before they were attacked.

I say:

There is a problem with this type of "scientific study". If this same
scientist had interviewed all of the victims he would have also found that
100% of them drink water. Does that mean that if you drink water you are
more susceptible to shark attacks?

The survey was all wet.

Steve Holtzman

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