Snake 'eats' man, sets off Internet tizzy

PUBLICITY STUNT: A longer teaser posted by the network on YouTube shows Rosolie donning "a custom-built snake-proof suit" to enter the belly of the fearsome reptilian beast head-first.

WASHINGTON: A young American naturalist, filmmaker and adventurer in the Amazon set off an Internet stir after he claimed he offered himself for dinner to a giant snake for a TV show. 

"I'm Paul Rosolie and I'm about to be the first person to be eaten alive by an anaconda," he said in a 30-second video on Twitter promoting a new show, Eaten Alive, to be telecast on the Discovery Channel on Dec 7.