Jennifer said: <snip> I recall reading last year that the color yellow is actually an attractant for shark. This was after one of the high-profile east-coast US shark attacks that happened along our mid-Atlantic. Can anyone confirm or corroborate this? --------------------- We had a victim badly hurt after being attacked in a park by a mugger recently. The poor sod was wearing a yellow rain jacket. Was the attacker motivated by the yellow. I don't think so. It was simple opportunity. Popular wisdom suggests there is a connection, but all the information Jackie has sent to us over the years, suggest otherwise. However, North Americans continue to hold strong convictions about shark attacks and the color yellow. We do have our strong convictions on this continent, don't we? Our respective Founding Fathers had strong convictions too. But then, so did the Australians, originally -- most were sent there with a number of strong convictions! :-) Anyway, those poor Aussies. First they get a major drought with fires, then copious rain and swollen, muddy rivers. Doug Lloyd *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Feb 10 2002 - 17:25:15 PST
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