{"id":38226,"date":"2013-08-14T09:39:49","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T13:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=38226"},"modified":"2013-08-14T09:52:05","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T13:52:05","slug":"diver-in-the-bahamas-hypnotizes-sharks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/08\/diver-in-the-bahamas-hypnotizes-sharks","title":{"rendered":"Diver In The Bahamas Hypnotizes Sharks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-38227\" title=\"jeff-rottman-getty\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/jeff-rottman-getty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/jeff-rottman-getty.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/jeff-rottman-getty-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/jeff-rottman-getty-250x187.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A &#8216;shark whisperer&#8217; in the Bahamas balances a shark on the palm of his hand, after sending it to sleep.<\/p>\n<p>The diver uses what&#8217;s known as tonic immobility (TI) to induce a state of temporary paralysis in a shark.<\/p>\n<p>The usual method used to induce TI in shark species such as Blacktip and Whitetip reef sharks, Lemon and Leopard sharks is to invert the animal.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Shark Trust the unnatural posture is thought to alter the shark&#8217;s sensi-motor interchange with the environment, causing it to go limp. The shark usually enters a state of TI in under a minute and may remain immobile for up to 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XJnbOvA3ZaU\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A &#8216;shark whisperer&#8217; in the Bahamas uses what&#8217;s known as tonic immobility to induce a state of temporary paralysis in a shark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}