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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last!
By:Ralph Cohn
Date: 3/20/2008, 6:00 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last! (Mike Savage)

: Are coral snakes the favourite snack of anything? That would be and
: interesting colour scheme.

That idea has been tried. Wetsuits with the banded pattern of poisonous sea snakes were tested by divers. It turned out that the high contrast pattern actually attracted the sharks. You can find pictures in one of the popular books on sharks; sorry I don't remember the title.

Ralph

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Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last! *Pic*
Dave Gentry -- 3/20/2008, 12:25 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last!
John Van Buren -- 3/21/2008, 7:00 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last!
Dave Gentry -- 3/21/2008, 7:50 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last! *LINK*
Sean -- 3/21/2008, 1:35 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last! *Pic*
Dave Gentry -- 3/21/2008, 3:18 pm
coaming closure pic, part 2 *NM* *Pic*
Dave Gentry -- 3/21/2008, 3:21 pm
Re: coaming closure pic, part 2
Sean -- 3/23/2008, 6:58 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last!
Sean -- 3/21/2008, 12:03 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last!
Bill Hamm -- 3/20/2008, 11:29 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last!
prasad bhatla -- 3/20/2008, 10:41 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last!
Etienne Muller -- 3/20/2008, 12:10 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last! *Pic*
Paul Montgomery -- 3/20/2008, 8:34 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last!
Mike Savage -- 3/20/2008, 2:18 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last!
Ralph Cohn -- 3/20/2008, 6:00 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last!
Mike Savage -- 3/21/2008, 10:36 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last! *LINK*
Ralph Cohn -- 3/21/2008, 5:37 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last!
Mike Savage -- 3/21/2008, 9:58 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last!
Bill Hamm -- 3/21/2008, 10:36 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last!
Etienne Muller -- 3/23/2008, 7:51 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last!
Mike Savage -- 3/23/2008, 8:16 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last!
Etienne Muller -- 3/24/2008, 11:26 am
Hmmm *NM* *Pic*
Dave Gentry -- 3/22/2008, 2:41 am
Re: Hmmm
Mike Savage -- 3/22/2008, 7:40 am
Re: Hmmm
Bill Hamm -- 3/22/2008, 9:14 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last!
Bill Hamm -- 3/20/2008, 2:49 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last!
Mike Savage -- 3/20/2008, 5:24 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last! *LINK*
Dave Gentry -- 3/20/2008, 3:24 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last!
Scott Shurlow -- 3/20/2008, 7:13 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last!
Bryan Hansel -- 3/20/2008, 12:37 am
And another *NM* *Pic*
Dave Gentry -- 3/20/2008, 12:27 am
Re: And another
Pawistik -- 3/20/2008, 12:35 am
Re: And another
Bill Hamm -- 3/20/2008, 11:28 am
Another pic *NM* *Pic*
Dave Gentry -- 3/20/2008, 12:26 am