Post by Admin on Nov 8, 2014 18:27:09 GMT -4
Wildlife filmmaker to be EATEN ALIVE by anaconda using snake-proof suit as cameras record it all
Naturalist Paul Rosolie will show what it's like to be swallowed by a snake
He was covered in pig's blood to make himself appetising to anacondas
Wore a snake-proof suit he devised to protest about its digestive juices
The Discovery Channel will air the 'Eaten Alive' special on December 7
By MAIL FOREIGN SERVICE and JOSH GARDNER FOR MAILONLINE
Belly of the beast: In Eaten Alive, filmmaker Paul Rosolie intends to don the bulky suit and then willingly feed himself the Amazonian serpent, the largest of which can measure 30 feet long
The Discovery Channel, which will air Eaten Alive on December 7, was yesterday tight-lipped about the outcome of the stunt.
But insiders said the snake did not die and Rosolie has since tweeted in response to animal lovers who have accused him of cruelty and demanded the show be axed.
‘I would never hurt a living thing,’ he said. ‘But you’ll have to watch to find out how it goes down!’
Rosolie's custom snake suit, seen here briefly in a Discovery Channel video, is designed to protect the naturalist as he's
Rosolie, who has been dubbed the 'Indiana Jones of the Amazon,' specializes in the Amazon and his website biography says his experience also covers 'locations in India, Indonesia, Brazil and Peru.'
Experienced or not, some have called for Discovery to cancel Rosolie's show altogether.
A Change.org petition to that effect sprung up and is close to its goal of 500 signatures.
'This is animal abuse to the highest degree and absolutely disgusting, and could kill the snake - an adult green anaconda cannot fit the width of an adult man's shoulders into it's body,' reads the petition.
Filmmaker wears snake-proof suit to be EATEN ALIVE by anaconda
New Jersey native Rosolie, who first ventured into the Amazon jungles of Peru at just 18, claims he's an advocate of conservation and not, it appears, just a shill for television ratings
Constrictors like anacondas and pythons crush their meals to death before swallowing them. While there are many unverified accounts of the snakes killing humans, it's unlikely a full-grown man could so easily be swallowed by one of the snakes
Something to snack on? Anacondas usually eat wild pigs, deer, capybaras and caiman
Anacondas usually eat wild pigs, deer, capybaras and caiman.
Constrictors like anacondas and pythons crush their meals to death before swallowing them. While there are many unverified accounts of the snakes killing humans, it's unlikely a full-grown man could so easily be swallowed by one of the snakes.
WHAT IN THE WORLD
WILL YOU ALL BE WATCHING ?C
