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Scientifically Proven NOT to repel sharks.*
However, many people believe that having eyes on the bottom of your kayak will make your boat look like a
large creature that is paying attention and might fight back. This will make a shark think that you are not a good choice to attack today.
People have painted eyes on their SCUBA tanks in the hopes of detering sharks underwater.
Many fish have false eye spots or "ocellus" near their tails and
there are several theories about why fish evolved these spots. They can be "flashed" to startle predators, they may make predators think
the eye is from an animal that is too large to attack. Or they may fool the predator into attacking the wrong end of the fish, giving the prey
time to dash away in an unexpected direction. Insects, especially moths and butterflies, have spots on their wings that have been scientifically
proven to deter attacks by predators.
In many traditions around the world people have painted eyes on the prows of their boats. Eyes here are beleived to give watercraft the ability to see hazzards or to assist in navigation.
So where should you mount your Haida Eye stickers?
On the bow so your boat can see and help gide you safely?
On the bottom of your kayak to give a shark the evil eye?
(Note that two years of direct exposure to sunlight while on my roof rack and
salt water while in use have not caused the stickers to fade or come off.
However, two years of landing on gravel beaches has scared them up pretty bad.
On your SCUBA tank so you'll have eyes in the back of of your head?
On the stern so that if a shark ever bites your kayak,it will do so as far from you as possible?
On the paddle blades so you can flash them at a shark and startle it into turning away? The choice is up to you!
* Researchers on the Farallon Islands off California have studied the size and shape of "targets" that Great White sharks will hit. They found no difference when eyes were painted on the targets.