Posted on 12/01/2014 10:24:16 AM PST by C19fan
In his nearly 10 years studying anacondas in the Amazon, researcher and conservationist Paul Rosolie, 27, has faced his share of danger. The giant reptile is known to grow to up to 30 feet in length — and strikes its prey using its teeth and powerful jaws before crushing it with its massive body. Rosolie has been bitten by one of the snakes and seized by one in a chokehold — suffering a broken rib and a nearly popped collarbone before five people were able to pry it off him. But none of that compares to what he endured in his first TV special, “Eaten Alive,” which premieres Sunday at 9 p.m. on Discovery Channel and documents Rosolie’s attempt to get ingested by a giant green anaconda — all in the name of bringing attention to the rapid destruction of the Amazon and, of course, spiking TV ratings.
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The film is already ‘in the can’ as I understand it. He had a special suit that could withstand the snake...and a cable for people to pull him back out with.
Disgusting ratings stunt. In our next broadcast, we will allow a woman to be raped so she can tell us what it feels like...........
All I know is what was widely reported that he had essentially a rope or wire attached to his suit and he would be pulled out. Not cut out as that would offend PETA. Believe they already objected anyway. :-)
My wife and I rolled our eyes at the adverts for it. Not gonna happen.
I stopped falling for that crap after Geraldo failed to find the Al Capone vault.
How could this possibly be dragged out for half an hour, much less an hour?
I will be watching the Paint Drying channel...Oil Based Semigloss!! Now THAT is Entertainment!!
I bet the snake enjoyed that.
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