Watch Diver HYPNOTIZE SHARK and Put it to SLEEP !! Massages their Snouts

Look into my diving mask: Shark hypnotist puts vicious predators into trance by rubbing their noses

Shark expert Riccardo Sturla Avogadri uses the 'relax immobility' method
He massages their snouts which puts them to sleep
Still wears chain mail to protect him from the predators in case they attack

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his brave diver hypnotises sharks by rubbing their noses so that he can study them at close quarters.

With his hand just inches away from the jaws of a six and a half foot shark, Riccardo Sturla Avogadri uses the 'relax immobility' technique to hypnotise them.

But the shark expert and marine biologist has to first get up close and personal with the carnivores as he has to massage the sharks nose until it becomes relaxed.

Once they are in this docile state, the sharks can be closely examined.

Engineer and shark expert Troy Iloski captured the moment Mr Avogadri used this technique whilst surrounded by 50 Grey Reef sharks, which reach speeds of around 25mph.

The 48-year-old said: 'This technique to calm sharks for closer examination and research causes the immobilisation of sharks by performing a massage on their snout.

'This induces the sharks in a trance like state.

'The technique relies upon shark feeding and induce in sharks an unconsciousness state, that allows manipulation by researchers.'

But despite the confidence shark hypnotists have in their technique, they still wear chain mail amour to protect them from the sharks in the Grand Bahama Island in the Bahamas.

Mr Iloski, from Haskell, New Jersey, USA, said: 'The shark expert is wearing chain mail armour as an extra protection from shark bites.

'I am also a certified shark expert and I have had many direct encounters with different sharks over my 30 year diving career.

'This helped me remain calm and have a steady hand taking good underwater photos surrounded by the sharks.'

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