Paul Rosolie to be Eaten Alive by an Anaconda on Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel will be showing  footage of a man being eaten alive by an Anaconda.

According to the cable network, because they want to go where reality television has never gone before: inside the mouth of an anaconda, "naturalist and wildlife filmmaker Paul Rosolie will enter

the belly of an anaconda in a custom-built snake-proof suit" in its Dec. 7 special Eaten Alive.

Discovery has been relatively stingy with details about the program but Rosolie survives the stunt, which has already been filmed and edited. Rosolie had "covered himself in pig’s blood to make himself appetizing to the snake" before he was swallowed.

Twitter has been buzzing with horrified comments regarding the program since Wednesday, when Discovery released both a promo and a sneak peek of Eaten Alive on YouTube.