A new light system developed by Australian scientists to mimic ocean camouflage may deter Great White Shark attacks, a new study says. Marine predators like sharks locate prey by looking for silhouettes illuminated by sunlight from above.

Hart and one of his co-authors on a study recently published in Current Biology, biologist Laura Ryan, are planning to install similarly patterned LED lights on the bottoms of surfboards to see whether that can help reduce the risk of shark attacks.

New research has found that using lights on the bottom side of a surfboard or kayak could put great white sharks off