Diver Cristina Zenato is known for her tireless work with sharks. In fact, after spending more than two decades working with the ultimate marine predators, she has earned a worldwide reputation as a «shark whisperer.» However, her latest video gives goosebumps to everyone who watches it.
The woman can be seen surrounded by a group of sharks in the clear blue waters off the Bahamas. One of the sharks walks towards the diver as he asks to be petted.
It was Foggy Eye, a shark that normally doesn’t like to be touched.
That’s when Cristina realized something was wrong and Foggt Eye approached, she spotted the hook inside her mouth.
Thrilling moment, a brave diver puts her hand in the mouth of a shark to remove the hooks
«I thought, ‘I’m coming in!’ So I opened and went in, I grabbed the hook,» the diver recalls. And since then, the woman has been like a «shark dentist,» obsessed with removing shark hooks, as she admitted.
But how does it manage to get close to these deadly predators?
According to the DailyMail, Cristina is able to put sharks «in a trance state using a little-known technique of rubbing Lorenzini’s blisters — the name given to hundreds of jelly-filled pores around the creature’s nose and mouth.»
Moment palpitant, une plongeuse courageuse met sa main dans la bouche d’un requin pour retirer les hameçons
And this causes what is called «tonic stillness». It’s as if the sharks are falling asleep in his arms.
«In my daily work and dives with sharks, I always remove their hooks,» Zenato said. «In this particular case, it was more difficult than usual.
Moment palpitant, une plongeuse courageuse met sa main dans la bouche d’un requin pour retirer les hameçons
After putting the shark in the tonic, I had to pull it from the deepest inside. Now, Ms. Zenato is trying to teach the technique to other divers, in order to help more sharks get rid of this pain.
