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It seems the Discovery channel aired a two-hour special in which a man was going to be eaten alive by a snake - a giant Anaconda. The Washington Post reported, in part:

"The guy in question (conservationist/snake expert Paul Rosolie) panicked when the snake started to put its mouth around his head and began to crush his arm, so he frantically called for his team to shut down the whole operation. They did, and a group of experts rushed in to pull Rosolie out of the snake’s grasp. This was to the dismay of many viewers, who tuned in and expected more grisly action…"

Really? The viewers were dismayed?

What a commentary on how far our society is sliding.

there's an old saying, something along the lines of "You can't stop watching a train wreck".

I'd expect it to be an impulse acquired through evolution. If you're up in a tree and see one of your pack shamble along on the ground and suddenly a jaguar comes up out of the grass and takes him down, that's a good thing for you to observe very carefully and commit to memory. "note to self, don't do that."

And if you can communicate to your friends, you'd pass along that wisdom too. Or at least call them over to watch too if you can't.

So you can't really blame them for it.

With the plethora of reality "star" wannabes floating around America, you'd think they'd have selected a victim with no useful credentials, rather than an expert in his field; there are any number of outstanding candidates who come to mind.