h a l f b a k e r yYeah, I wish it made more sense too.
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As is well known sharks and other
predators of the sea use directional
electromagnetic sensitivity to evaluate
prey. This is a very powerful sense
functions effectively only at short range
and is used to evaluate the type size and
orientation of prey as well as guiding the
final lunge.
I propose that a very fine
array
of wires be installed in wesuits to decoy
this sense. It is already known that weak
decoy signals can cause a shark to call of
a lunge or lunge in the wrong location
missing entirely. Constructing a false,
possibly fluctuating, EMR signature into
suits could make a diver appear inedibly
large or otherwise not worth fooling with
without making the diver more
detectable
from a distance. A small battery pack
would be adequate to power the unit. In
addition a panic pad that suddenly
amplified the output could be provided
to
deter a shark attracted by blood. A
similar system could be installed on the
underside of surfboards to deter
curiosity. I suspect that resembling a
huge manofwar or other inedible would
suffice.
Electric field shark repellent wet suit patent
http://www.freepate...ne.com/7233829.html [2 fries shy of a happy meal, Sep 15 2008]
fascinating
http://www.physorg.com/news10587.html [2 fries shy of a happy meal, Sep 16 2008]
Looks like it's worth a try.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24484864/ [2 fries shy of a happy meal, Sep 16 2008]
Occasionally your buddy or other people on the boat get shocked if you neglect to turn it off
http://www.diveus.c...m-7-scuba-model.htm [normzone, Sep 19 2008]
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It's a definite maybe. [link]age |
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i can't find more than cursory references to
this being baked. Is it possible that while
in theory this is baked but not in application? |
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"Constructing a false, possibly fluctuating, EMR signature into suits could make a diver appear inedibly large..." |
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Like an enormous, tempting, extremely edible school of fish, for instance? |
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or a huge Fugu or another shark or something, is there a marine biologist in the house? Identifying something that a shark wouldn't take a nip at may be the real problem here.... |
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Dolphins apparently kick f***
out of sharks. Does that mean
feasibly sharks have evolved
to avoid sonar signals ? |
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You could send out a load of
'hunt-and-destroy' dolphiny
sonar clicks ? (simulating
like a pod of 400 or
something?). |
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I've been fishwatching on scuba before and had everything on the reef duck and cover simultaneously. Gives me the heebie-jeebies, it does. |
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