PRI: Public Radio International

Researcher looks for new ways to repel sharks

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:18:00 -0500

Scientist Eric Stroud spent years as a pharmaceutical chemist. But, after an unpleasant cruise the Bermuda, he gave that up in order to pursue research in ways to protect humans from sharks. But his work has also shifted to ways to protect sharks from humans. And he's made fascinating findings.

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:57:07 -0500

I guess he's not a Mythbusters watcher....

sergio

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:08:35 -0500

shark blood will also do the same.when they smell their own blood they swim away to avoid danger or harm.

Fred

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:52:26 -0500

Yeah according to Mythbusters magnets don't actually repel the sharks under certain circumstances.

Dave

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:28:12 -0500

I've seen batteries being used as well as a shark repellant.

Ben

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 04:38:23 -0500

I smell pseudoscience reeking here...
Skepticism to the rescue!

andy

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 05:18:41 -0500

mmm, I am no shark expert but surely you would want to try something like fish scraps in the sea with sharks all over in frenzy (similar to the last example video) and lower in a dummy diver with a few magnets in its pockets and see what happens???

Fred and Ben

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:57:23 -0500

Fred and Ben - With regards to magnets and sharks, perhaps you should read up on the number of peer reviewed publications on this, rather than one sensationalist TV episode.

http://orgoneresearch.com/2010/03/17/when-mythbusters-gets-it-completely-wrong/