Kayak Color and sharks...

[surfnutnj]

Originally Posted by Jim Day

Yeah well... Though that was from a recent article it was hardly a new concept.

Actually when I get some time though I will read up on their research.

Past studies have shown that sharks have both rod and cone photoreceptors in their eyes, which would suggest they could see color in some manner, but studies have shown that their vision seems to be set up to enhance the contrast of targets silhouetted against a background, or more technically that the cones are specialized for contrast over wide range color perception.

This specialization though is not anything new as I could find you papers about it that are more then fifty years old. That is why I kept talking about color in relation to how it contrasts to it's background. Sharks eyes key on contrast.

That said: I did find your post interesting. especially this part which is about roughly half of the sharks they studied.

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You may not know this but the long-wavelength colors that those specialized cone photoreceptors are keyed for are yellow orange and red.

So though ten out of seventeen sharks species they studied did not perceive color so much as contrast those that did had eyes set up for enhanced yellow orange an red perception, at least that is what I got on a quick glance over.

Jim

sooooo.....anyone want to buy a RED Tarpon 120?

J/K...hopefully the tax man does not try to eat me while I am fishing. If he does at least I died doing what I love to do. (not driving to work) I always say that.

[Hobie-Pedaller]

very interesting & thought provoking points & topics in this thread.

yum, yum, yellow..... i resemble that.

[dos ballenas]

very interesting indeed...

even more interesting in the resurfacing of the infamous Hobie-pedaler! that sure was a long breath hold

[Hobie-Pedaller]

Originally Posted by dos ballenas

.....the resurfacing of the infamous Hobie-pedaler! that sure was a long breath hold

unfortunately, i haven't been fishing, nor on any of the kayak boards since early last Summer.

i've been traveling in & out of state over past year, dealing with a death in family back in Texas, and the subsequent repair & sale of a house back there.

finally finished with all that above, and now ready to get back into the water for some fishing. just had to replace the sonar on my Yak, which had the transducer wiring fail last year, due to salt water corrosion. yak is all repaired and ready now. just bought the 2011 Fishing license. I'm finally all ready to get back out there again, within the next few days, but now we have rain coming for the next 3-5 days.

so NEXT WEEK, I will be back out on the water for sure. SD Bay at first, for a few trips, then I'll get out to LJ soon after that. Can't wait. WAY TOO LITTLE FISHING FOR ME IN PAST 2-3 YEARS.