Whenevcr you buy something,it is possible that someone has already worn,eaten,or teste.d
it to make sure it is safe and do what is supposed to do. But what if you wanted a special suit to
keep a shark from hurting you? Who wanta +o test a product like it?
"I do! " says Jeremiah Sullwan,a scientist in California "You have to believe in what you
sell,right?"
Sullivan. owns SharkArmor Tech,a company that makes a $ 49400 sharksuit that even a
great white shark can- t bite through Before Sullivan could sell his sharksuits,he needed to
make sure his design would work. Sullivan put on the sharksuit and jumped into a shark feeding
ground. "I need to know exactly what a human body could expect to go through," he says.
Sharks moved ali ar.ound Hm and then attacked his arm. Sullivan felt the bite but no teeth.He
was uncomfortable at times,but not painfuL The suit works! "
"I,ve now been bitten thousands of times but.never badly," says Sullivan,who now works with shows like Wild Kingdmn, ana programs for the Disco'oery Channel s Shan~ Week.
So,are you all set to buy a sharksuit? Before you do,you should know that th. e suit weighs
20 pounds and makes swimming almost impossible-not so practical for a day on the beach. And
in fact, Sullivan wants only .professionals, such as filmmakers, scientists and drivers, to have
sharksuits. Why? Because even if someone is wearing a sharksuit,they could get seriously hurt
if they treat diving with a 4,OOO-pound shark as a game.
During sharksuit testing,sharks have thrown Sullivan to a bottom o/ reefs(磙) and tried to
take him off into the deepest part of the ocean. "However," Sullivan sa}fs,"you don't need to
be afraid of sharks. It-s actually pretty hard to get a shark to bite you,