In other words, sharks decide whether to attack or not by looking only at the silhouette of their prey. In many cases, people who enjoy surfing in the ocean are attacked by great white sharks ...

The researchers from Macquarie University in New South Wales say the lights distorted the silhouette of their "decoys" on the ocean's surface and limited the ability of the great whites to see against ...

The ocean has been a place of ... Unfortunately, a Great White shark's limited vision makes it difficult to distinguish between the silhouette of a surfboard or a human and that of a seal.

Great White sharks (Carcharodon carcharias), apex ocean predators ... such as the presence of a dark silhouette, during ...

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 ...

A new light system developed by Australian scientists to mimic ocean camouflage may ... predatory behaviour in Great White sharks and that altering the silhouette may form the basis of new non ...

The strobe lighting was less effective than continuous lighting, perhaps because the sharks could still see the silhouette of what they thought was prey between flashes. Ryan says the team ...