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Innovative wetsuits protect divers and surfers from shark attacks
Designers Shark Attack Mitigation Systems, together with scientists from the University of Western Australia has created two innovative protective suit for surfers and divers. The main goal of the new suits was to protect swimmers from sharks. The secret of costumes that they can affect different organs and instincts of a predator.
First suit — Elude suit, were named "invisible" due to the fact that simply "hides" the man from sharks. Although sharks have a well developed sense of smell and can smell a human in the water, after a series of experiments, the scientists came to the conclusion that water camouflage will significantly reduce the risk of attack. In khaki, scientists also offer to paint and surfboards, but rather their bottom.
The second suit — Diverter wetsuit — designed to frighten the sharks. From the "suit of darkness" the only difference is the color. The fact that the Diverter wetsuit has the same coloring as the poisonous schooling fish that predatory fish are avoided at drift.
When developing both models, Anti-Shark suits Australian scientists conducted a detailed study of the behavior of sharks at the level of instincts and a detailed study of the retina of the shark. We studied the reflexes of a predator and various behavioural situations, including the reaction of sharks to smell blood in the absence of direct line of sight of a potential victim.
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First suit — Elude suit, were named "invisible" due to the fact that simply "hides" the man from sharks. Although sharks have a well developed sense of smell and can smell a human in the water, after a series of experiments, the scientists came to the conclusion that water camouflage will significantly reduce the risk of attack. In khaki, scientists also offer to paint and surfboards, but rather their bottom.
The second suit — Diverter wetsuit — designed to frighten the sharks. From the "suit of darkness" the only difference is the color. The fact that the Diverter wetsuit has the same coloring as the poisonous schooling fish that predatory fish are avoided at drift.
When developing both models, Anti-Shark suits Australian scientists conducted a detailed study of the behavior of sharks at the level of instincts and a detailed study of the retina of the shark. We studied the reflexes of a predator and various behavioural situations, including the reaction of sharks to smell blood in the absence of direct line of sight of a potential victim.
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