Hammerhead Shark "attack" at Grayton

[TripleB]

The color yellow thing makes sense. Ever seen canaries hanging around the beach?

 

[Beach Goddess]

Why does the "Jaws" thing always pop up just before I go to the beach?

I saw it on t.v. the other day and turned the channel...and now...

da da....da da....da da da da da da...da da dahhhhhh.....


...sometimes the net just can't capture the subtle innuendo...

 

[TripleB]

Naw...thats the Dragnet song.

 

[Beach Goddess]

...or maybe the Pink Panther song.

 

[skippertoo]

Well, as far as the color thing, I remember reading about "shark safety" a few years ago when the attacks started to make national news and one of them said that the color yellow is known as "yum yum yellow" to shark experts because it attracts them and the same about orange. I don't know why. We just figured that the light blue would be the closest to the color of water and least likely to attract attention.

OK, now I think I want to spray paint my Ocean Kayak (sunrise color) BLUE

 

[Beach Goddess]

skipper, might be a good idea...check this out.
http://www.lostenterprises.com/prod/newsArtical.php?ID=769

Here are some references to "yum yum yellow"
http://www.shipsrecord.com/blogs/patrick/archive/2005/01/21/157.aspx
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/isaf/color.htm

 

[Kurt]

Sharks don't see in color, do they? I can understand not wearing anything shiny that could reflect sunlight, but wearing a certain color swimsuit?

Any marine biologists around?

I found plenty of research that says they do, before considering and rejecting a red kayak.

It's not the probability of a shark bite that is scary, it is the bite itself. Shark attack, based on probability is an unreasonable fear I chalk up to our primal nature. It's in our DNA way back before we emerged from the ocean. Of course Spielberg didn't help out either.

I have had to make an effort at times to control emotions in the gulf. When I was a child, sharks never entered my mind while I was swimming. I try to be that way now.

 

[skippertoo]

Don't want one to come after Cooper :shock:

 

[30gAy]

Well, as far as the color thing, I remember reading about "shark safety" a few years ago when the attacks started to make national news and one of them said that the color yellow is known as "yum yum yellow" to shark experts because it attracts them and the same about orange. I don't know why.

I seem to remember an Asian draq queen by the name of Yum Yum Yellow who performed in bars in Mobile years back. I'm willing to bet the sight of her cruising Grayton Beach would send the tourists screaming too..................

 

[Smiling JOe]

OK, now I think I want to spray paint my Ocean Kayak (sunrise color) BLUE

What about painting a Killer Whale on the bottom or your boat, or swimsuits with prints of Killer Whales? :funn: