Surfers could be protected from future shark attacks following new discoveries about how to trick sharks' visual systems made by Professor Nathan Hart, head of Macquarie University's Neurobiology Lab,

Experiments show that illuminating the underside of a decoy seal reduces attacks by great white sharks, revealing a possible strategy to protect surfers and swimmers

But there’s a new study out of Australia that shows some promise in deterring shark attacks. Entitled Counterillumination Reduces Bites by Great White Sharks, the study comes from Macquarie University in Sydney,