a lizard and a rabbit, in five minutes

They say you should never work with animals on live television.

But this five-year-old girl has amazed the Chinese public by hypnotising a series of animals on a popular talent show, reported the People's Daily Online.

Han Jiaying put five animals, including a chicken, a rabbit and a lizard, to sleep within five minutes using just her voice and the touch of her hands.

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Han Jiaying, 5, showed how she could hypnotise a series of animals on a popular Chinese talent show

She put the animals to sleep within a matter of seconds by using just the touch of her hands and her voice

During the performance on 'Amazing Chinese', China's answer to Britain's Got Talent by China Central Television Station, she stroked each animal before laying them on their back.

She then carried on stroking them for a few more seconds before lifting up her hands.

Surprisingly, the animal remained completely still and appeared to be in a trance.

She managed to perform the hypnotising trick on five different animals on the show, including a dog

Jiaying began stroking the dog, before putting it on its side. She then carried on stroking its head and body

The dog appeared to be in a trance, remaining in the same position that Jiaying left it but trembling slightly

After five minutes, the dog, lizard, frog, chicken and rabbit all looked like they were lying asleep on their backs.

Judges on the talent show and members of the audience looked visibly stunned as Jiaying worked her magic.

At the end of the performance, all the animals woke up simultaneously when she shouted.

She also performed her talent on a lizard, above, which amazed the live audience watching the routine

Jiaying went on to hypnotise a frog. She first discovered her talent after petting a frog at her kindergarden

Judges on the talent show, called Amazing Chinese, looked visibly stunned as Jiaying worked her magic

WHAT IS 'APPARENT DEATH' OR 'TONIC IMMOBILITY'? Tonic immobility is a temporary state of paralysis that animals enter, usually in response to extreme fear. It is a natural, unlearned reflex that occurs in a variety of animals. Animals will 'play dead' by going limp under the threat of the predator, in the hope that they will lose interest. Many animals will enter the state when they are being physically restrained. Humans can often induce the state by holding animals in a fixed position on their back or side. Source: popsci.com Advertisement

Not everything went to plan though, as at one point the dog and the lizard woke up and began moving around.

Experts told the GB Times that the trick uses a natural reflex called 'tonic immobility' or 'apparent death'.

Some animals appear to be temporarily paralysed in response to an external threat, such a a predator.

Humans can induce tonic mobility by gently restraining an animal, particularly when on its side or its back.

Jiaying first discovered her talent after hypnotising a frog that someone had taken in to her kindergarten more than a year ago.

The clip showing her performance has been viewed more than 250,000 times since it was uploaded to Youtube last week.

A chicken was also part of the show. The five-year-old remained calm, even when the dog appeared to wake up