Wildlife filmmaker to be EATEN ALIVE by anaconda using snake-proof suit as cameras record it all

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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

It would not be everyone’s idea of getting an inside view of nature. But TV presenter Paul Rosolie has allowed himself to be swallowed alive by a snake for a documentary.

The naturalist fed himself to a 30ft green anaconda in the Amazon jungle. However, the 26-year-old American took the precaution of donning a special snake-proof suit he devised to protect against the creature’s digestive juices.

It is believed he was covered in pig’s blood to make himself appetising to anacondas, which usually eat wild pigs, deer, capybaras and caiman, and was pulled out by a cord attached to the suit.

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, 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.

New Jersey native Rosolie, who first ventured into the Amazon jungles of Peru at just 18, claims he’s an advocate of conservation.

‘Within the first five minutes of being in the forest, I realized that all the hype I had absorbed as a kid about rainforests was nothing compared to the reality. I knew that the jungle was where I belonged,’ he wrote in his memoir.