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.

Great white sharks are the species responsible for most human shark-bite fatalities, and often attack their prey from underneath, lead researcher Laura Ryan said. This means that sometimes the sharks mistake a surfer's silhouette for the outline of a seal.