You've probably seen this before, but here are the old Peace Corps instructions for an encounter with an anaconda: http://latinamericanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_anaconda__ What might you do if you were unexpectedly confronted by an anaconda -- say, tomorrow around lunch time? The US Government Peace Corps Manual, designed for volunteers working in the Amazon Forest, purportedly offers the following advice, which, while interesting, is regarded as an urban myth: 1. If you are attacked by an anaconda, do not run. The snake is faster than you are. 2. Lie flat on the ground. Put your arms tight against your sides, your legs tight against one another. 3. Tuck your chin in. 4. The snake will begin to nudge and climb over your body. 5. Do not panic. 6. After the snake has examined you, it will begin to swallow you from the feet end -- always from the feet end. Permit the snake to swallow your feet and ankles. Do not panic! 7. The snake will now begin to suck your legs into its body. You must lie perfectly still. This will take a long time. 8. When the snake has reached your knees slowly and with as little movement as possible, reach down, take your knife and very gently slide it into the side of the snake's mouth between the edge of its mouth and your leg, then suddenly rip upwards, severing the snake's head. 9. Be sure you have your knife. 10. Be sure your knife is sharp. Reference: http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_may2004/Anaconda_Attack.htm Read more: The Anaconda: An Embrace of Death - http://latinamericanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_anaconda__#ixzz0CVl3WwSc ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Blazer Prophet's Rules of Anaconda Encounter: 1) Always carry a loaded 9mm semni-automatic weapon. 2) If you encounter an anaconda, blow it to Cincinnati, Ohio.
[video=youtube;72QsTwxqDmg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72QsTwxqDmg[/video] btw, (at least to people like me who fear snakes), it's a bit gruesome. For me, the best way to survive that is to not be near it in the first f'n place.
In my younger days, back when Anacondas ran rampant all over Lake Oswego, we'd run over them with our cars and barbecue them on a spit. Good times.
Pussy. Back when I grew up, we'd run them over with our bicycles and eat them raw. You just swallow them whole, tail first, and watch out for the knives. barfo
When I was stationed in Guam the rat snakes were up to 14' long and very aggressive. A group of us were hacking our way to a remote lagoon for some snorkling and shell finding when one was curling its way thru a tree in front of me. I hacked it in two with a machette. Good times.
