An American naturalist filmed himself being eaten alive by a snake for a TV stunt but is now facing ridicule for getting his safety team to save him after just part of his head was consumed.

In footage aired on the Discovery Channel in 2014, 27-year-old Paul Rosolie and his 10-strong team tracked down the 20ft-long anaconda to the headwaters of the Amazon. Donning a black armored suit and slathered in pig blood, Rosalie moved tentatively "on all fours" toward the enormous beast as the cameras rolled and his wife, Gowri, watched. Seconds later, the female anaconda — one of the world's most fearsome creatures — pounced on its 5' 9" victim, latching on
to his head, before constricting his arms and body.

As Rosolie felt his arm "start to break" under the snake's grip, he ordered his team of fellow naturalists, doctors, and vets to save him, with just the top of his head in the animal's jaws. As the show aired, people across America took to social
media to express their disappointment at the highly anticipated footage.

In response, Rosolie claimed that he carried out the
risky move to raise money to save the snake's
habitat in South America and that the animal was not harmed.

So funny americans....