Man who allowed himself to be swallowed alive by an anaconda explains why he did it

The American naturalist who filmed himself getting eaten
by an anaconda for a highly-anticipated television event
has spoken out about what inspired him to take part in the
risky stunt.
'I didn't want to stress [the snake] out too much. I
wanted to make sure that the suit was smooth and
wasn't going to hurt the snake,' Rosolie said. ' I really
wasn't scared. We tested this suit and worked on this
with experts so we knew I was going to be safe.
Amid a backlash from animal rights activists who believe
the anaconda was tortured by being forced to eat Rosolie, a
man much bigger than its usual prey, Rosolie has
responded to say the snake was unharmed and that the
experiment was designed to raise money to save the
animal's habitat.
'I wanted to do something that would absolutely shock
people,' Rosolie told the New York
Post. 'Environmentalists, we love to preach to the choir.
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.'
In order to attract the snakes's attention, Rosolie doused
himself in pigs blood and imitated movements of the
anaconda's typical prey. The snakes usually hunt wild pigs,
deer, capybaras and caiman.
Rosolie says 'it didn't take long' for the anaconda to fall for
the maneuver, but wouldn't elaborate on what actually
happened once the snake tried to swallow him whole.
Experiencing that kind of power was worth everything,
because it was just amazing,' he said