A man who promised the world they would see him "eaten alive" by an anaconda was revealed to have chickened out after barely a nibble.  Wildlife expert Paul Rosolie, 30, said he would undertake the world-first experiment by donning a special reinforced suit and helmet and allowing a 180 kilogram anaconda found in the Peruvian rainforest to devour him.  The feat was to be streamed on the Discovery Channel's website in a special called Eaten Alive.  After covering his carbon fibre suit in pigs' blood Rosolie allowed the snake to constrict him for around an hour before it started to swallow his head.  "I'm getting coils over me," Rosolie said mid-constriction.  "She's got my arms pinned. She knows there's nothing I can do."  With his head starting to be swallowed and heart rate soaring Rosolie then bizarrely brought the experiment to a sudden end.  "Guys, my face is down," he said, before shouting, "I'm calling it! I need help!"  "My arm is torquing, my arm is torquing."  Rosolie's team of wildlife and medical experts then jumped into action, wrestling the snake off him before allowing it to slither off unharmed.  "I felt her jaws lock onto my helmet. I felt her gurgling and wheezing but then I felt her let go," Rosolie said afterwards.  "She got my arm into a position where her force was fully on my exposed arm. I started to feel the blood drain out of my hand and I felt the bone flex, and when I got to the point where I felt like it was going to snap I had to tap out."  It didn't take long for social media to mock Rosalie when it became apparent the attempt was over before it had really begun.  "Misleading title: #eatenalive. Appropriate title: #brohuggedbyabigsnake", said Twitter user nasarcasm.  "#EatenAlive should have been called 'nibble my nose'," said Opie Radio.  Rosolie, an American explorer, naturalist and author, had attracted widespread criticism from animal rights activists for the experiment but was unrepentant.  "I didn’t want to stress [the anaconda] out too much," Rosolie said.  "I wanted to make sure that the suit was smooth and wasn’t going to hurt the snake."  He hit back at critics by saying he "really wasn't scared" but didn't go into detail about why he called off his "experiment" prematurely and continued to promote it falsely as being "eaten alive".  "We tested this suit and worked on this with experts so we knew I was going to be safe," he said.  He did not comment on if the suit had been tested for torquing stress to arms or other limbs.  Do you have any news photos or videos?
A man set to be eaten alive by an anaconda for the Discovery Channel has been ridiculed on social media after backing out of the controversial project after barely a nibble for fear of being crushed.