How to Survive an Anaconda Bite | National Geographic

here’s one how to a bit of advice we
hope you’ll never ever hang how to free
yourself if you’re bitten by an anaconda
these scientists are trying to capture
an anaconda in Venezuela so they can
study
unfortunately the Anaconda a snake so
big that the larger ones can swallow a
human being in one gulp sees this as an
invasion of its space very bad for one
particular style
the anaconda has sunk its fangs into the
scientists hand okay now here’s the
advice part of this video if this
happens to you do not repeat do not yank
your hand away you should be for the
teeth of an anaconda curved backwards to
hold its prey once it bites into it
that’s why the scientist has to force
his hand
deeper into the mouth of the anaconda to
free his skewered finger finger
the bite of an anaconda is not venomous
this snake is a member of the boa
constrictor family and kills its victims
by squeezing them to them still getting
your finger impaled on one of its fangs
is not recommended in fact we recommend
you leave the handling of anacondas to
professionals like this because well
even they’re not good enough to keep
from occasionally getting used as a chew
toy good thing this wasn’t one of the
28-foot
500 pound behemoth that are out there