Animal rights group slam man after failed attempt to be swallowed alive by anaconda.

An animal rights group has slammed the airing of a Discovery Channel
show in which a man attempted to be eaten alive by a giant Amazonian
anaconda.

Naturalist Paul Rosolie tried but failed to be completely eaten by the
anaconda after his team called off the stunt fearing he would get
seriously injured after the snake coiled around him.

The Discovery Channel special, Eaten Alive, aired yesterday in the US
and has drawn criticism from animal rights groups and mockery from
social media users.

Following the airing of the attempt, People for the Ethical Treatment
of Animals released a statement calling the show a "publicity stunt".

"Last night...the Discovery Channel aired the inexcusable torment of a
captured wild green anaconda.

"Paul Rosolie and his crew put this snake through undeniable stress
and robbed her of essential bodily resources."

Many viewers took to Twitter after the show poking fun at the failed attempt.

No seriously I'm going to have to call this before someone loses a
fingernail!! #EatenAlive pic.twitter.com/8Aj81ExYN6— Brian Barczyk
(@SnakeBytesTV)

December 8, 2014
Hey @discovery, can I have my own show? #EatenAlive
pic.twitter.com/OLEZykn1sx— BarstoolTrent (@BarstoolTrent)

December 8, 2014
@PaulRosolienext time you are on a show called #EatenAliveyou should
actually get eaten. #letdown #wasteof2hours— Carol Ann Gibbs
(@carolmccaig)

December 8, 2014
Before the attempt, the 27-year-old defended his actions saying the
stunt was about drawing the public's attention to the rapid
destruction of the Amazon.

"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," he said in
an interview with the New York Post.

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