Discovery Channel has a show called "Eaten Alive", which is about exactly what you think it is about. This show recently attempted to get a guy eaten by an anaconda......like, they purposely TRIED to get him eaten. Now, the anaconda doesn't normally prey upon humans (although there are quite a few horror stories about the giant snakes). So he had to "provoke" the snake to get it to eat him, which I think is immoral, and for the snake, annoying. Ultimately, the guy freaked out and didn't get swallowed because he couldn't take being constricted....by a constrictor. Anacondas are con-strict-ors. That's what they do. If you get eaten by an anaconda, it will constrict you. All this research went into making a stomach-acid-proof suit for this guy once he got swallowed, but he didn't think about being constricted in the process. Great planning.
I'm obviously not too happy that anyone attempted to do this in the first place. If he did get swallowed by the snake, the animal's anus cannot unhinge like its jaws can, so the only way to rescue the man would be to kill the snake and cut it open. And I do not support killing animals for entertainment (if you call purposely recording being swallowed by an animal entertainment). There is some illusion of helping anacondas with this show, even the website has a link that says "Help Save the Giant Anaconda", but I don't think they're doing a great job if they were going to kill one after they forced it to swallow a guy. That doesn't exactly put a lot of value on their lives, now does it? *End rant*
Check out some more information and watch the video here. Feel free to laugh when he says "I can't feel my arm, she's squeezing me." Yeah. Cause she's a constrictor. If you want to learn more about these awesome animals, check out facts on the Green Anaconda, the largest snake in the world!!
TL;DR Stupid TV show tried to get a stupid guy swallowed by a poor snake who didn't want to swallow him, but it didn't work. Because it was stupid.
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