{"id":577162,"date":"2026-04-11T03:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T03:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/577162\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T03:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T03:17:09","slug":"parrot-explores-the-bahamas-under-sea-world-in-custom-built-mini-submarine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/577162\/","title":{"rendered":"Parrot explores the Bahamas under-sea world in custom-built mini submarine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:The Independent US;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"The Independent US\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"271\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ae90c5b0-7c98-11ed-befe-1be805a50c91.png\"\/><\/a>Fri, April 10, 2026 at 2:15 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fd4392c371f815b4310e2667229798f8.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/parrot\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:parrot;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">parrot<\/a> has gone viral after appearing to explore the Bahamas in a miniature submarine.<\/p>\n<p>Bebe\u2019s owner took the bird scuba diving in a custom-built vessel designed for the underwater trip.<\/p>\n<p>The video, which has amassed more than 4 million views, shows the white-winged parakeet drifting beneath the surface inside a hand-built mini submarine.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWxWW5RERGc\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:follow-up clip;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">follow-up clip<\/a>, the parrot\u2019s owner addressed speculation surrounding the footage, confirming its authenticity and sharing the story behind the so-called \u2018Bebesphere\u2019, a custom plastic chamber fitted with a controlled oxygen system.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fri, April 10, 2026 at 2:15 PM UTC A parrot has gone viral after appearing to explore the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":577163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[253531,79,253532,201],"class_list":["post-577162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-custom-built","tag-science","tag-white-winged-parakeet","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/577163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}