Macquarie University Professor Nathan Hart, one of the study's authors, said the lights caused a "complex interaction" with the shark's behavior. "It's like an invisibility cloak but with the exception that we are splitting the object, the visual ...

A study by Australian researchers found that LED lighting affixed to the underside of a surfboard might be able to deter shark bites.

Fixing LED strip lights to the bottom of surfboards could deter attacks by great white sharks, Australian scientists say.A study conducted in Mossel Bay, South Africa involved towing seal-shaped boards fitted with different configurations of lights behind a boat to see which attracted the most attention.