Scientists from Macquarie College, La Trobe College, The College of Western Australia, and Flinders College, tried utilizing LED lights that mimicked the flexibility some marine life have of naturally emitting phosphorescent gentle from their undersides.
The researchers centered solely on nice white sharks, which hunt prey from beneath by trying to find a darkish silhouette above them – which might result in people being mistaken for a shark’s typical snack.
The researchers match LED lights on seal decoys they towed behind a ship, to see how the tactic labored.
They mentioned nice white sharks have been more likely to assault decoys that didn’t have lights hooked up, and that the brighter the sunshine, the much less probably the sharks have been to assault total.
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“Our outcomes reveal the significance of a darkish silhouette in opposition to a lighter background in predatory behaviour in nice white sharks and that altering the silhouette could kind the idea of latest non-invasive shark deterrent know-how to guard human life.”
In keeping with the Australian Shark Incident Database, run by the Taronga Conservation Society Australia, greater than 90 per cent of shark bites in Australia come from nice white sharks, bull sharks, tiger sharks, and wobbegongs and different whaler sharks.
In 2023 there have been 4 deadly shark assaults in Australian waters.
