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liberal_at_heart

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41. sorry but those hamster brained folk are just going to go back to their

Mon Dec 8, 2014, 05:09 PM

Dec 2014

normal lives. Just because they watched this show doesn't mean they will do anything to help the Amazon forest. You have to do more than get people to watch. You have to get people to fall in love with these animals so they will be motivated to help them. It also takes very complicated and in depth environmental policy to help people who live in and around rain forests find new and sustainable ways to survive and make a living.

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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