Surfboards with bright lights could deter shark attacks - researchers

Biologist Laura Ryan said the predator often attacked its prey from underneath, occasionally mistaking a surfer's silhouette for the outline of a seal. Ryan and her fellow researchers showed that seal-shaped boards decked with bright horizontal lights were less likely to be attacked by great white sharks. This appeared to be because the lights distorted the silhouette on the ocean's surface, making it appear less appetising. "There is this longstanding fear of white sharks and part of that...