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Daredevil naturalist who allowed himself to be swallowed alive by an anaconda so he could film INSIDE the creature reveals he was more scared for the animal's safety than his own
Naturalist Paul Rosolie donned a special suit to experience being eaten by an anaconda in the Amazon this past summer
He says he took part in the experiment to raise awareness of the snake's habitat, which is being impacted by gold-mining
The event will air on Discovery Channel this Sunday at 9pm ET
By ASHLEY COLLMAN FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 16:17 GMT, 1 December 2014 | UPDATED: 18:14 GMT, 1 December 2014

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The American naturalist who filmed himself getting eaten by an anaconda for a highly-anticipated television event has spoken out about what inspired him to take part in the risky stunt.
This past summer, Rosolie donned a special suit to let a 25-foot 400-pound snake eat him in a dangerous performance set to air on Discovery Channel this Sunday. Overall, Rosolie was so confident in the suit's design that he was more worried about the snake's safety than his own.
'I didn’t want to stress [the snake] out too much. I wanted to make sure that the suit was smooth and wasn’t going to hurt the snake,' Rosolie said. ' I really wasn’t scared. We tested this suit and worked on this with experts so we knew I was going to be safe.'
Amid a backlash from animal rights activists who believe the anaconda was tortured by being forced to eat Rosolie, a man much bigger than its usual prey, Rosolie has responded to say the snake was unharmed and that the experiment was designed to raise money to save the animal's habitat.
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Eaten alive: Paul Rosolie filmed himself getting eaten by an anaconda last summer, and the stunt will air this Sunday on Discovery Channel. Rosolie pictured above with an anaconda in promotional pictures for the event. None of the following pictures show the anaconda used in the stunt
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Eaten alive: Paul Rosolie filmed himself getting eaten by an anaconda last summer, and the stunt will air this Sunday on Discovery Channel. Rosolie pictured above with an anaconda in promotional pictures for the event. None of the following pictures show the anaconda used in the stunt
Good cause: Rosolie says he participated in the risky act in order to raise awareness of the anaconda's habitat, which is being encroached on by gold mining
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Good cause: Rosolie says he participated in the risky act in order to raise awareness of the anaconda's habitat, which is being encroached on by gold mining
'I wanted to do something that would absolutely shock people,' Rosolie told the New York Post. 'Environmentalists, we love to preach to the choir. What I’m trying to do with this is bring in a bunch of people that wouldn’t necessarily know what’s going on in the Amazon.'
Fundrasier: The special to air Sunday will reportedly advertise a fundraiser to save the snake's habitat
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Fundrasier: The special to air Sunday will reportedly advertise a fundraiser to save the snake's habitat
'For the type of attention that this is getting and for the type of emergency that’s going on down there — desperate times, desperate measures.'
'Once they see the show, these are people who are going to be supporters' he said. 'It’s a cool little dissonance there — they’re all coming out against me, but I’m the guy that’s been down there in the jungle trying to protect these things.'
Rosolie, a New Jersey native who first visited the Amazon at age 18, spent 60 days hiking through the rain forest in Peru with a team of about a dozen people searching for the right anaconda to take part in the stunt.
In the process, the team also started the first scientific study of anacondas in the wild, taking down the weight, length and sex of each snake they came across. They also took samples of their skin to test for mercury, a by-product of the gold-mining industry which is encroaching on the creature's habitat. The special on Sunday will be promoting a fundraiser to raise money to save the snake's habitat.
The naturalist and his crew had nearly run out of the time allotted by the Discovery Channel when they finally tracked down a female green anaconda that Rosolie first spotted in 2008.
He says it took 12 people fighting in water above their heads to catch the 25-foot 400-500 pound anaconda, adding that herpetologists were on site to make sure the snake was in good health throughout its short captivity.
Armor: In order to survive being eaten by the snake, Rosolie wore a custom-designed suit that protected him from the snake's strong grasp and digestive acids. It also packed cameras, communication devices and enough air to last him three hours
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Armor: In order to survive being eaten by the snake, Rosolie wore a custom-designed suit that protected him from the snake's strong grasp and digestive acids. It also packed cameras, communication devices and enough air to last him three hours
Filmmaker wears snake-proof suit to be EATEN ALIVE by anaconda

Not an easy job: It took a team of 12 to capture the snake used in the stunt. Above, Rosolie pictured on the hunt in the Amazon
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Not an easy job: It took a team of 12 to capture the snake used in the stunt. Above, Rosolie pictured on the hunt in the Amazon
From there, Rosolie put on a special suit made of carbon fiber designed to protect against both the snake's deadly grip and digestive acids.
The suit also packed a three-hour supply of oxygen, communication devices and several cameras. Before going through with the effort, Rosolie also swallowed a pill that transmitted his vitals to his team.
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In order to attract the snakes's attention, Rosolie doused himself in pigs blood and imitated movements of the anaconda's typical prey. The snakes usually hunt wild pigs, deer, capybaras and caiman.
Rosolie says 'it didn't take long' for the anaconda to fall for the maneuver, but wouldn't elaborate on what actually happened once the snake tried to swallow him whole.
'Experiencing that kind of power was worth everything, because it was just amazing,' he said.
'Eaten Alive' airs Sunday on Discovery Channel at 9pm ET.


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Attention whoring on a whole new level :wtf:
 
Check out the video of a Anaconda regurgitating a cow :wtf:
 
Aside from the content, upon which I have little to say, that was piss-poor quoting of an article.

Maybe next time, choose a single page article without pics if you want to copy to a forum.
 
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Aside from the content, upon which I have little to say, that was piss-poor quoting of an article.

Maybe next time, choose a single page article without pics if you want to copy to a forum.
Click to expand...

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Or post only the link - that would have been better than the mess the OP posted.
 
US NATURALIST BATTLES WITH SNAKE FOR TV, BUT NOT EATEN ALIVE AS PROMISED
by Brigitte Dusseau

When naturalist Paul Rosolie wanted to focus attention on the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, he decided he needed a stunt guaranteed to get people looking.

So the staunch environmentalist offered himself as dinner to an anaconda -- and was prepared to be swallowed alive, filming every moment.

But in the end, Rosolie wasn't exactly ingested by the snake, disappointing viewers who expected a journey into the belly of the deadly beast.

Instead he let the anaconda coil around him before calling the mission off, fearing he might get seriously injured.

Anacondas, the largest snakes in the world, typically suffocate their prey before ingesting it, making Rosolie's attempt all the more dangerous.

Rosolie survived, and now people all around the world have a chance to watch his harrowing struggle with the beast, after its debut broadcast Sunday night in the United States on the Discovery Channel.

The idea came to him after a decade spent working in, and working to save, the rainforest habitat, Rosolie told AFP.

"Everybody on Earth knows that the rainforests are disappearing and most people can tell you how important they are, but still, not enough people are paying attention, not enough people realize this is such a problem."

The American activist said he was proud to take on the adventure, even though the prospect of dying was hard to swallow.

To avoid suffocating, experts crafted Rosolie a specially designed carbon fiber suit, equipped with a breathing system -- as well as with cameras and a system to communicate.

"We didn't know if this was going to work, if I was going to be eaten, but we made sure that if I did make it inside the snake, I wouldn't suffocate," Rosolie explained after the ordeal.

The next challenge was trying to find a snake in the Peruvian Amazon jungle.

"We spent 60 days out in the jungle, camping, hiking, looking through swamps every night," Rosolie said.

Eventually, they found a female snake, which at, six meters (20 feet) long, fit the bill.

"When I went up to the snake, it didn't try to eat me right away," Rosolie recounted.

"It tried to escape. And when I provoked it a little bit, and acted a little more like a predator, that's when it turned around and defended itself."

In the end, Rosolie wasn't swallowed whole by the giant serpent, but instead wrestled with the beast as she coiled around him before he aborted the mission.

As the snake wrapped around a suited-up Rosolie -- at one point opening its wide jaws on his helmet -- the daredevil said she was squeezing his arm tight, which he feared might break.

"I felt her jaw on my helmet and I could hear a gurgling and wheezing," he said, after surviving the standoff with the snake.

His team looked on worried as his breathing strained and his heart rate slowed.

He told them he was feeling light-headed and as the anaconda squeezed tight around him, he called for help.

"Guys you need to get in here... I'm calling it I need help!" he said from inside the suit, prompting the support crew to rescue an exhausted Rosolie from the anaconda's powerful grip.

"Her crush force was fully on my exposed arm so I just started to feel the blood drain out of my hand and I felt the bone start to flex and when that got to a point when I felt like it was about to snap, I had to tap out," he said.

Viewers on social media were swift in criticizing the show's misleading title after it aired Sunday.

"'Eaten Alive' to be retitled 'Eaten Alive: Just Kidding,'" said one user.

Another tweeted: "Eaten Alive? More like Briefly Drooled On By A Snake While Alive."

He insisted his team was careful not to harm the snake and that he was the only one in danger.

"We didn't force the snake to do anything, we didn't ask from the snake anything out of the ordinary," Rosolie said, explaining that "snakes very often regurgitate if they're eating something and a predator comes by, they have to give up their meal so they can escape," he sadi before the program was aired.

The anaconda is now doing well, he said.

But Rosolie has faced fierce criticism from animal rights groups, including from PETA, who said "the snake was tormented and suffered for the sake of ratings."

Rosolie said he even received death threats.

But he wasn't fazed, saying the shock value is important to increase attention to his cause -- even if he was not exactly eaten alive.

A fund linked to the show was set up to raise awareness and money to protect the Amazon and could also allow for more research of anacondas in their habitat.

After the US showing, the inaccurately named "Eaten Alive" will air on December 10 in Finland, Denmark, Hungary, Poland and Sweden, and two days later in Australia, before being broadcast in other countries, including China and India.

Discovery said it expect at least three million viewers in the United States and a million others around the world.


Source : Sapa-AFP /mm
Date : 08 Dec 2014 11:31
 
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