Shark Repellent Deemed a Breakthrough

[rawstory]

As seen on the liberal alternative to Drudge, http://rawstory.com

By IAN JAMES, Associated Press Writer

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Excited by the scent of blood, a dozen sharks dart about in a frenzy as a researcher dips a pole in the sea and squirts out a clear, yellowish substance. Within seconds, the sharks jerk their snouts away and vanish.

Researchers say they finally have found a potent repellent to drive away sharks, after testing off Bimini island in the Bahamas. It's a goal that's eluded scientists for decades.

If proven effective, the repellent one day might protect divers, surfers and swimmers. But researchers say that would require much more study. First they hope it can protect sharks — in decline worldwide due to overfishing — by reducing the numbers caught needlessly by long-line commercial fishermen.

"You introduce this chemical, and they all leave," said lead researcher Eric Stroud, a 30-year-old chemical engineer from Oak Ridge, N.J. "It works very, very well."

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[MuseRider]

1. I do hope

this works for the sharks. There is a noticeable decline in sharks. We see very few anymore when we dive. This would also be helpful for divers in places where they feed the sharks. Those places have become accidents waiting to happen for those of us who just want to dive and see sharks and do not want them up in our faces begging (?) for food.

[Wilber_Stool]

2. I would think a shark

more or less would demand food.

[Fenris]

3. Batman had that formula forty years ago.

[short bus president]

4. You dumbass!

The infamous Rubber Shark of Southern Sri Lanka was added to the extinct list in 1975.

[ret5hd]

8. i thought that was the...

Mexican Jumping Shark of Southern Sri Lanka?

[tlcandie]

5. Now if they could just make a bullshit repellent for those

overwhelmed in the bRush!!

[alfredo]

6. I remember mention of a substance from fireflies

that repelled sharks. That was years ago.

[daleo]

7. What will the cable news networks use as distraction, if this works?

"Release the Killer Bees stories, Smithers".