{"id":1316,"date":"2011-10-17T04:24:21","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T04:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/?p=1316"},"modified":"2011-11-02T01:09:41","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T01:09:41","slug":"belaying-his-jaws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/?p=1316","title":{"rendered":"Belaying His Jaws."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"39c6668e916543b4a7bf784d6ba1971d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-2182508389013555\";\r\n\/* Med-Banner *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"5485677463\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Shark stories, with some reason, are commonly received with incredulity. A well authenticated anecdote, however, is told of Dr. Frederic Hill, an English surgeon of distinction.<\/p>\n<p>A man fell overboard in the Indian ocean and almost into a shark&#8217;s mouth. Hill, who was standing close to the rail, grabbed a belaying pin and without hesitation jumped to save the sailor.<\/p>\n<p>The great brute was just turning on his back to bite, when Hill drove the belaying pin right through both jaws. Both men were got on board again unharmed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Perhaps that fellow won&#8217;t want another toothpick. Has any one got a clean shirt to lend? This was my last,&#8221; were the only words of the rescuer.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shark stories, with some reason, are commonly received with incredulity. A well authenticated anecdote, however, is told of Dr. Frederic Hill, an English surgeon of distinction. A man fell overboard in the Indian ocean and almost into a shark&#8217;s mouth. Hill, who was standing close to the rail, grabbed a belaying pin and without hesitation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[189],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1316"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}