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WHEN NATURALIST PAUL Rosolie wanted to focus attention on the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, he decided he needed a stunt guaranteed to get people looking.
So the staunch environmentalist offered himself as dinner to an anaconda — and was prepared to be swallowed alive, filming every moment.
But in the end, Rosolie wasn’t exactly ingested by the snake, disappointing viewers who expected a journey into the belly of the deadly beast.
Instead he let the anaconda coil around him before he called the mission off, fearing he might get seriously injured.
Anacondas, the largest snakes in the world, typically suffocate their prey before ingesting it, making Rosolie’s attempt all the more dangerous.
Rosolie survived, and now people all around the world will have a chance to watch his harrowing struggle with the beast, after its debut broadcast last Sunday night in the US on the Discovery Channel.
The idea came to him after a decade spent working in, and working to save, the rainforest habitat, Rosolie told AFP.
“Everybody on earth knows that the rainforests are disappearing, and most people can tell you how important they are, but still, not enough people are paying attention, not enough people realize this is such a problem.”
The American activist said he was proud to take on the adventure, even though the prospect of dying was hard to swallow.
‘I Need Help’
To keep Rosolie from suffocating, experts crafted him a specially designed carbon fiber suit equipped with a breathing system as well as with cameras and a system to communicate.
“We didn’t know if this was going to work, if I was going to be eaten, but we made sure that if I did make it inside the snake, I wouldn’t suffocate,” Rosolie explained after the ordeal.
The next challenge was trying to find a snake in the Peruvian Amazon jungle.
“We spent 60 days out in the jungle, camping, hiking, looking through swamps every night,” Rosolie said.
Eventually, they found a female snake, which at, 6 meters (20 feet) long, fit the bill.
“When I went up to the snake, it didn’t try to eat me right away,” Rosolie recounted.
“It tried to escape. And when I provoked it a little bit, and acted a little more like a predator, that’s when it turned around and defended itself.”
In the end, Rosolie wasn’t swallowed whole by the giant serpent but instead wrestled with the beast as she coiled around him before he aborted the mission.
As the snake wrapped around a suited-up Rosolie — at one point opening its wide jaws on his helmet — the daredevil said she was squeezing his arm tight, which he feared might break.
“I felt her jaw on my helmet and I could hear a gurgling and wheezing,” he said, after surviving the standoff with the snake.
His team looked on worried as his breathing strained and his heart rate slowed.
He told them he was feeling light-headed, and as the anaconda squeezed tight around him, he called for help.
“Guys you need to get in here … I’m calling it I need help!” he said from inside the suit, prompting the support crew to rescue an exhausted Rosolie from the anaconda’s powerful grip.
“Her crush force was fully on my exposed arm so I just started to feel the blood drain out of my hand and I felt the bone start to flex and when that got to a point when I felt like it was about to snap, I had to tap out,” he said.
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Quad core but in a speed test against iPhone 6 and HTC M8 the IPhone 6 came out on top followed by the HTC M8 followed by the Samsung. Very surprised that IPhone was quickest.
So was the iphone..
In fairness the M8 was out months ago. Whatever HTC has to succeed the M8 will be quicker than iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s will be quicker again and so on!
with the smart watches coming online, Devices like this will become more popular.
It’s great phone but I have test device at work and iPhone 6 plus beats it in one aspect for sure – battery life. While note 4 has it decent, ip 6 plus battery is just best.
Get a day and a half easy out of the Samsung.. Same as the iphone but half days are no good to anyone.
I’m on my note 4 alot and I assure you the battery lasts longer. Plus the ultra power save can make it go about 20 days on one charge.
Oh and let’s not forget the fast charge. One hour I’m back at full charge that will last over a day.
That’s just lasting time don’t get me started on the benifits of removable batteries, removable memory. Direct access to hard drive. Access to torrents. Not having to convert movies to QuickTime. Not needing iTunes.. a stand alone that I never ever need to plug into computer. Brilliant software including handwriting recognition which is superb with the s pen.
The note has been the Bentley of the phone market. The iPhone are like the ford’s of the phone market.
Hey! Let’s not associate iCrap and Fords!
Had a Note 2 for the last 2 years and about to crack open the new Note 4. Can’t wait. Many ppl have questions around the size but it’s easy to hold (I kept dropping iPhones) and fits well in my pocket. The size makes itgreat towatch netflix or youtube on. Apple have cottened on to it now too with the 6 and 6plus. I used the stylus quite a bit on the 2…. written notes, shopping lists and screen shots mainly. Overall truly an awesome phone and highly recommended.
Worth it kev. Mine fits in pocket does not bend.
A big huge step up you will notice is the glass. It’s almost impossible to smudge. No case yer (none in stock ) had mine almost a month and not even the most tiny hairline mark. Not cleaned screen and it’s perfect. Very impressive
Quinton did you get my text a while back? It’s being a while…
Thanks James for a sensible answer
P S I have an apple I pad
It’s working fine on mine. Maybe try uninstall then reinstall the app. You’ll probably have to log in again
Got my note4 on Saturday and have to say I’m extremely pleased with it :)
You will never go back to apple :)
My face book is gone has any one else got this problem
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