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Discovery Claims It Will Show a Man Being "Eaten Alive" By an Anaconda
An anonymous reader writes Have you ever wished that you could watch a man be eaten alive by an anaconda from the comfort of your own home? The Discovery Channel is betting that the answer is yes with their upcoming special, Eaten Alive. The channel says wildlife filmmaker Paul Rosolie will don a custom-built snake-proof suit, and go inside a live anaconda. They've even released a teaser. It's unclear what scientific conundrum will be solved in the process of feeding Paul to the snake, or how he plans to get out.
Now I can literally watch another formerly decent channel turn to shit.
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And this year's Darwin Award goes to...
There is no way for the Anaconda to survive this. There is no good research that can come from actions like these and the Discovery channel has really reached a new low. Used to love hard-facts documentary channels but now it's just hype and reality tv rubbish.
The channel isn't about learning anymore. Just TV's version of clickbait (advertising, probably misleading, to draw in gullible folks).
They have a comedy show coming called: "Ow! My Balls!"
It'll be broadcast opposite ABC's version - "America's Funniest Home Videos"
How are they gonna get him out again? Cut the snake open?
How about giving the beast some real food and/or just leave it alone?
Or film it from a distance and watch it eat some of its natural prey.
Isn't that what discovery channel usually does?
And, btw, AFAIK boa constrictors - which include anacondas - prefer their prey not breathing anymore. And they don't really care if it's bottled air you're breathing or not. They constrict you 'till you stop breathing. Hence the name. Duh.
To be honest, I kinda hope this snake teaches the guy a lesson and get's away with it. Now *that* would be some news. :-)
We suffer more in our imagination than in reality. - Seneca
The pawn and Restoration shows are *almost* appropriate for the History channel, simply because they discuss antique and sometimes historical items, and bring in the 'experts' to talk about some of the stuff they see. The others you mention are just dumb. On the other hand, when it comes right down to it, there is only so much of History that
A: The public will be interested in.
and
B: Can be made into something that can be shown on TV.
Combine that with documentary format shows falling out of favor in general, and you can see the History Channel's problem. You gotta keep making money, or close down, so they throw every 'historical' thing they can find at the wall, (even the loony conspiracy shit) and see what sticks.
I've decided to Diversify my Holdings. I've divided my cash between my left and right pockets, instead of all in one.
I've already had all of this sort of thing I could take with this horrifying video of a man being eaten alive excruciatingly slowly by an arctic fox. (NSFW)
http://youtu.be/43dAN0C4J_0
You are welcome on my lawn.
And some people wonder why I don't have cable-TV service.
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It's spectacles like this which have the potential to harm or kill an animal for the sake of entertainment that makes me side with PETA on occasion. Otherwise PETA is too radical for me. There is no science in this.
"Drunk History" disproves both A and B.
Comedy Central again indirectly provides better information than the channels dedicated to providing information.
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I'm less disgusted by the people responsible for this than I am by the people who are going to tune in to watch it, but not by much.
that it turned out that the anaconda had a fondness for bread products, and would not eat anything without at least some in.
The handler turned to the director, and said 'My anaconda don't want none unless she's got buns hun'.
Discovery Exec:In its early years, the channel's focus centered on educational programming in the form of cultural and wildlife documentaries, and science and historical specials. It also broadcast some Soviet programming during this time, including the news program Vremya. In 1988, the channel premiered the nightly program World Monitor. In 1988, we debuted an annual programming stunt called Shark Week, the week-long event eventually gained in popularity starting in the 1990s and continues to be shown each summer on the channel to this day. Fast forward to 2014 and, im sorry to say this but we appear to be flat out of original ideas. We sound probably just start shuttering the doors and handing out pink slips becau....
breathless intern rushes through the door: A SNAKE!!!!
Exec:....excuse...me?
Intern: WE feed a camera man to a snake...or talent...or have talent outside but we feed someone to a snake and record it, for television.
Exec: Jesus Christ on a crutch....thats just dumb enough to work...but how does he survive the snake?
Casting director: Snake..proof...suit? Exec:: kid you just saved the season. at least, until we get the rights to honey boo boo.
Good people go to bed earlier.
So they fired Kari Byron.
And now they are showing the poop shoot of a snake?
Man... they're on a roll.
The downfall of Discovery Channel was a main reason I "cut the cord" about 2 years ago. They use to be one of my go-to channels when I had some free time. After the success of the crab fishing show (which names annoyingly escapes me right now), they basically switched direction and turned themselves into a reality tv channel.
On the bright side, I am saving $1020+/year for not having cable.
"Action without philosophy is a lethal weapon; philosophy without action is worthless."
Many people will complain about this. I initially thought along the same lines as many of the above posters when reading the blurb about what's about to happen - and also think it's terrible. What will happen, though, is the extremity and sleaziness also strikes enough interest that people _will watch it_, even if they hate Discovery channel while doing so. They'll get the viewers. They'll get attention. It'll be passed around. They surely know already that they have a reputation dive akin to GT Advanced's stock dive, so when you're deemed a channel with momentum diving downward so quickly I suppose they thought along the lines of: Embrace It...there are enough people who eat this shit up that it'll likely be their best ratings in recent memory.
Freedom of the press, I mean.
This is not what it's for.
Here's the way I figure it. If the man survives, it's homicide. If the man suffers serious injuries (you, know, from being crushed by a giant snake), it's felony maiming (or whatever it's called in whatever non-jurisdiction they're planning to do this). If he survives without harm, it's reckless endangerment. If the snake is injured or dies, it's animal cruelty.
If there was ever a need to let the dogs of peta run wild, it's this. This is disgustingly shameful. It serves no purpose other than to abuse a snake for entertainment.
Nothing can be gained from this. We already know the snakes can eat a person. We can already send far less obstrusive sensors safely through a snake if we really need to see what's going on in there.
c'mon a show in which ted nugent would kill and eat an anaconda before our eyes would be more on the up and up than this crap.
No, they did that when their Shark Week got so ridiculous that shark experts have now reached an informal agreement never to appear in a Discovery show. The channel has had to resort to lying about their affiliation to get interviews, or settle for less-respectable experts without any actual qualifications who'll say anything to get on TV.
Gonna get eaten by this snake.