Man fails in bid to be eaten by snake Anger as man not eaten by anaconda

Social media exploded with anger after a stuntman’s promise to be eaten alive by an anaconda snake failed.

The heavily-promoted stunt on the Discovery Channel provoked uproar when naturalist Paul Rosolie didn’t go completely through with the stunt.

Rosolie wore a carbon-fibre suit to protect himself from the snake killing him with constriction or its bite. It was covered in pig’s blood to entice the snake. For most of the TV show, Rosolie searched the rainforest for an anaconda. When he found one, he then spent a while trying to convince the anaconda to eat him.

The snake constricted Rosolie and started to bite his helmet. He then called off the stunt before it went any further, fearing his arm was about to be broken

This was not enough for many on Twitter, angered that Rosolie wasn’t actually eaten alive nor was ever in the snake’s stomach.

“The eaten alive guy didn’t get eaten alive... #Disappointed,” one tweeter fumed.

“Next time I watch something called #EatenAlive, somebody better get eaten alive,” argued another

Rosolie defended the stunt.

The Discovery Channel said the snake was unharmed.

However, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) said in a statement: “If the description is accurate, the snake was tormented and suffered for the sake of ratings, as animals usually do when they’re used for entertainment. Anacondas go days without eating and expend the energy needed to do so selectively. Making this snake use up energy by swallowing this fool and then possibly regurgitating him would have left the poor animal exhausted...Shame on this pseudo ‘wildlife expert’ for tormenting this animal and shame on the Discovery Channel for giving him the incentive to do so.”