Magic or madness: the magician defies death in a suit «invisible» to sharks

If you ever swam in the ocean or just saw the movie «Jaws», then surely open waters remind you of the fear of great white sharks. Most people try to stay away from them as possible. But not Andrew Mayne.

He’s not exactly a Charmer sharks. But Andrew Mayne, the famous illusionist and magician, has invented a new way of communicating with the most dangerous predators in the world, and not the way it was done before him. He swims very close with great white sharks without special protective cells. How does he do it? Thanks to the suit created by him personally, which he nicknamed Ghost Diver, Maine can make itself virtually invisible to sharks.

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The costume includes many important features to natural born predators with excellent hearing, eyesight and ability to detect electrical impulses have not seen it. In particular, the suit allows the Main to breathe underwater is much quieter than in conventional diving suit. In addition, it helps to refract light under water, making the illusionist is almost invisible to sharks.

To the question, not if he went mad Maine says that he is an illusionist and his work is to deceive people’s vision. But somehow, he thought how interesting it would be to deceive dangerous and very smart predator. He says: «How is this done? I can’t just go down and show them a card trick. So I began to study different techniques of camouflage».

His only protection and the hardest part of the costume is the shield, which is designed to repel sharks if they become too curious.

Maine told CNET: «Then you are at a depth of 80 feet under water, surrounded by white sharks and think «How the hell did this happen?»»

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Telling what it’s like to be face to face with a white shark, Maine says: «at First I thought that I will be surrounded by experts on sharks, bodyguards, assistants, and so on. Nothing of the sort! And at the same moment as I plunged into the water, I saw just 3 feet away from me floated the white shark, which looked at me with the look «What are you doing here, idiot?» — laughing magician».

«But it was cool, it was an amazing experience,» he admits.

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