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niyad

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30. so, some idiot thinks this up, takes it to a network, where some other idiot approves it, and a

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Mon Dec 8, 2014, 01:21 PM

Dec 2014

whole lot of money is spent filming this idiocy? and it isn't even april 1???

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I am SO PLEASED the "Eaten by an anaconda" thing turned into a giant Failburger. [View all] WilliamPitt Dec 2014 OP

I was wondering exactly the same thing B2G Dec 2014 #1

The plan was for the snake to regurgitate him out. VScott Dec 2014 #14

BUSTED! sounds like the whole thing was a put on big_dog Dec 2014 #78

Is it too much to hope for... daleanime Dec 2014 #2

I guess it is too much to hope that it will raise awareness of how threatened the Amazon is... JCMach1 Dec 2014 #3

What an great service that anaconda did for us all. Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #4

I hope they gave it something to eat ProdigalJunkMail Dec 2014 #5

OK, so that's the stupiest thing I've seen... TreasonousBastard Dec 2014 #6

the point is that the Average American Viewer ProdigalJunkMail Dec 2014 #9

I was wondering how he was going to make it through the constricting part. Jamastiene Dec 2014 #59

Here's the best comment NV Whino Dec 2014 #7

Chuckle riversedge Dec 2014 #75

Here is what happened when Nicki Minaj messed with an Anaconda! snooper2 Dec 2014 #8

I wish an anacoda would have Nicki Garbaj as dinner. bigwillq Dec 2014 #24

I've got an anaconda she can play with at my pants party Blue_Tires Dec 2014 #34

bwah! bigwillq Dec 2014 #46

"Nicki Garbaj" LOVE IT! 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #36

What a dumbass. Arkana Dec 2014 #10

HAHAHA! That was hilarious. What an asshole! JaneyVee Dec 2014 #11

Damn I was busy watching the Patriots game and forgot to tape it underpants Dec 2014 #12

I am left shaking my head Marrah_G Dec 2014 #13

Maybe they should have used a midget instead? VScott Dec 2014 #15

They should have left it to Johnny Cash Tanuki Dec 2014 #16

This deserves a Darwin Award nomination. Zorra Dec 2014 #17

No one died or lost the ability to reproduce. So they can only get an honorable mention. Initech Dec 2014 #42

I didn't watch it as I don't want to contribute to demand for such malicious TV RedCappedBandit Dec 2014 #18

There was another problem with the show RockaFowler Dec 2014 #19

Stopped watching after megalodon and mermaids B2G Dec 2014 #21

And what about "The History" channel??? Grammy23 Dec 2014 #47

Bugs Bunny says it all deutsey Dec 2014 #20

It was never planned for him to be swallowed, just another gimick. Rex Dec 2014 #22

Animal rights activists had e petitions against this Omaha Steve Dec 2014 #23

this is a real story??? this isn't the Onion???? PLEASE tell me this is the Onion! niyad Dec 2014 #25

Not the Onion. Real! Link: ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2014 #28

so, some idiot thinks this up, takes it to a network, where some other idiot approves it, and a niyad Dec 2014 #30

Worse, the idiot that thought it up swears up and down he is doing it to save the snakes! Rex Dec 2014 #35

"HOW THE PRECISE FUCK WERE YOU PLANNING ON GETTING OUT?" That's the part that had ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2014 #26

Good! I saw a web ad for this and I was thinking the same damn thing. arcane1 Dec 2014 #27

Some "naturalist." Constrictors constrict before swallowing. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2014 #29

Oh no this is epic stupidity...not just an average idiotic plan. Rex Dec 2014 #37

I know. I had two 7-foot pet boa constrictors, RebelOne Dec 2014 #39

Too bad it didn't bite his jugular and spare us another idiot human on the earth. chrisa Dec 2014 #31

now can we go back to Al Capone's safe. . B Calm Dec 2014 #32

I clicked on your link and watched a few seconds but it was too stupid. I couldn't watch it. liberal_at_heart Dec 2014 #33

+1000 darkangel218 Dec 2014 #38

All the brains in the world wouldn't couldn't help us if we only use those brains Jamastiene Dec 2014 #68

Mission Accomplished! Glassunion Dec 2014 #40

sorry but those hamster brained folk are just going to go back to their liberal_at_heart Dec 2014 #41

Are you serious???? darkangel218 Dec 2014 #50

Ok... Glassunion Dec 2014 #52

It wasnt bait and switch. If the anaconda had swollen the idiot, they would have killed it. darkangel218 Dec 2014 #54

You can make a snake regurgitate a meal. Glassunion Dec 2014 #55

No, it wasnt bait and switch!! you dont play life threatning for games with animals for tv ratings!! darkangel218 Dec 2014 #57

You are making the asumption that his life was going to be in danger. Glassunion Dec 2014 #63

No! i was assuming the snake's life was in danger! darkangel218 Dec 2014 #64

I tried pointing that out to that poster too. Jamastiene Dec 2014 #70

That has nothing to do with my point. Glassunion Dec 2014 #73

You "dont think that the snakes were in danger"????? darkangel218 Dec 2014 #74

Just a giant, jaw breaking yawn. Initech Dec 2014 #43

the failburger should have included some buns hfojvt Dec 2014 #44

I guess his anaconda don't. nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #45

FWIW, My nine year old loved it aikoaiko Dec 2014 #48

As everyone probably knows, i love and respect animals a great deal darkangel218 Dec 2014 #49

Some answers Glassunion Dec 2014 #51

Thats such a fucking BS!!! like the snake would "regurgitate" while being "attacked"!! darkangel218 Dec 2014 #53

That is not normal behavior for this type of snake. Glassunion Dec 2014 #58

Whats normal about what this moron did?? they moved the snake from his natural habitat darkangel218 Dec 2014 #60

We agree on one thing... Glassunion Dec 2014 #65

All he did was angered alot of animal activists. darkangel218 Dec 2014 #66

I was never worried about his safety. Jamastiene Dec 2014 #69

I'm by no stretch of the imagination condoning what he did. Glassunion Dec 2014 #71

I'm glad the snake stopped their plans too. Jamastiene Dec 2014 #56

Bull fights, giant anacondas, it's all the same to me: Nevernose Dec 2014 #61

+1 million darkangel218 Dec 2014 #62

I do too. Jamastiene Dec 2014 #72

Congrats on 10,000 posts! bigwillq Dec 2014 #82

Wow! 13+ years just fly by, don't they? Nevernose Dec 2014 #84

It was nothing I would ever watch, but I was rooting for the snake. Vinca Dec 2014 #67

I despise the Discovery Channel and its ilk. alarimer Dec 2014 #76

We didn't watch malaise Dec 2014 #77

Stupid humans! In_The_Wind Dec 2014 #79

Naked and Afraid with Franco and Rogen was a hoot. B Calm Dec 2014 #80

The anaconda don't want none... Orsino Dec 2014 #81

When I first saw the ad for this... Scruffy Rumbler Dec 2014 #83