Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the two-piece: Studies suggest that donning certain colored swimsuits in the water could make bathers more susceptible to shark attacks. Marine biologist Gavin Naylor, who runs International Shark Attack Files (ISAF) at the Florida Museum of Natural History, suggested that yellow is particularly problematic when “juxtaposed with particular patterns against darker colors” such as the ocean, per the BBC. The apparent link between bright hues and shark bites has even prompted some to dub the color “yum-yum yellow.” Naylor based his statement on a series of experiments by Australian physiologist Nathan Hart, who examined the retinal profile of different sharks to see what colors they can and can’t perceive, effectively looking at things through a fish-eye lens. The alleged correlation between bombastic colors like yellow — which is, coincidentally, the standard color of the U.S. Navy’s life preservers — and shark attacks is a talking point that seems to resurface following every human encounter with a shark.
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