Ask most self-respecting conservationists and they’ll tell you that there’s very little they wouldn’t do to instigate the change they want to see in the world. Declining habitats, increasing threats to certain species of animal, and the undeniable prospect of climate change are issues that a lot of individuals are desperate to tackle.

Yet few of them would ever conceive of going to the same lengths as Paul Rosolie, an explorer and wildlife enthusiast who spent years studying the ecosystem of the Amazon Rainforest.

Having witnessed the destruction and degradation firsthand, Rosolie devised a plan so shocking that the world would be forced to sit up and take notice: he would be eaten alive by an anaconda.

Eaten alive by snake

Now, before we go any further let us assuage the biggest concern you may have. The plan, drastic though it most certainly was, was for Rosolie to survive the swallowing. That is to say that he wanted to be consumed by the snake, then pulled out before he could be digested.