Swim At Your Own Risk: Yum Yum Yellow

Monday, July 25, 2005

Yum Yum Yellow


Sharks see contrast particularly well, so if you're wearing high contrast color apparel or gear in the water you're basically asking for it. Shark researchers even refer to the bright yellow color traditionally used in water saftey gear as "yum yum yellow."

Stick to dark blue or black and avoid wearing jewelry because glints of light reflecting off the metal can look like the scales of fish, which sharks eat.

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