shark!

From the Globe and Mail:

Black wetsuit? Shark bait
“Researchers discovered that the eyes of sharks, including bull and tiger sharks, are not designed to distinguish different colours and so they see the world in black and white,” The Daily Telegraph reports. “That means against the light blue of the sea, it would be better to wear light-coloured swimwear in order to reduce the contrast with the water. The study backs up statistics from the International Shark Attack File which shows that the vast majority of attacks happen to divers and surfers wearing black wetsuits.”[source]

That’s reasonable advice.

I guess the girl in the Jaws poster must have been an outlier.