#8. Green Anaconda Attacks TV Show Host
In a recent incident, a television show host was attacked by an furious anaconda in the Amazon rainforest in Colombia. In hopes of obtaining footage for his popular Brazilian television program, the famous host, Toninho Negreiro, was venturing through the forest hunting for anacondas.
On this expedition, Toninho was accompanied by El Diablo, a well-known jungle legend said to have a mysterious power over the snakes.
As El Diablo, who says he can smell the snakes, led, Toninho and the crew ventured into the beautiful and equally dangerous Amazon. Soon into the expedition, El Diablo hesitated, lunged into a grassy area, and then revealed an anaconda that was nearly three times as long as he was tall.
The anaconda was agitated and began to coil around El Diablo. He handed the reptile to the host for a second, then took back the entangling snake to return to the wild, as he said that it wanted to bite.
After the incident, on a short filming break, Toninho began to wander off from the crew. Soon he found the familiar anaconda, and, in attempts to pick it up again, grabbed at it. The already extremely agitated serpent instantly struck at the host, taking him down from the shoulder with its intense force and jaws.
Hearing the screams from Toninho, the startled crew ran over to find him on the ground, with the anaconda wrapped around his chest with teeth deep into his bicep. As the situation quickened, the snake became more settled on the host. It took the force of five men to finally get Toninho free from the ferocious snake.
Though the attack was injurious and terrifying to the host, he made a swift recovery and returned to the Amazon within two months of the attack to resume filming.
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