Subject: Snake Defense
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Fri Nov 07 2003 - 06:19:44 EST
"Snake Defense"
The following is from the US Government Peace
Corps Manual for its volunteers who work in the
Amazon Jungle. It tells what to do in case you
are attacked by an anaconda.
Now an anaconda is the largest snake in the
world. It is a relative of the boa constrictor, it
grows to thirty-five feet in length and weighs
between three and four hundred pounds at the
maximum. This is what the manual said:
1. If you are attacked by an anaconda, do not run.
The snake is faster than you are.
2. Lie flat on the ground. Put your arms tight against
your sides, your legs tight against one another.
3. Tuck your chin in.
4. The snake will come and begin to nudge and climb
over your body.
5. Do not panic.
6. After the snake has examined you, it will
begin to swallow you from the feet and - always
from the end. Permit the snake to swallow your
feet and ankles. Do not panic.
7. The snake will now begin to suck your legs
into its body. You must lie perfectly still. This
will take a long time.
8. When the snake has reached your knees
slowly and with as little movement as possible,
reach down, take your knife and very gently slide
it into the side of the snake's mouth between the
edge of its mouth and your leg, then suddenly rip
upwards, severing the snake's head.
9. Be sure you have your knife.
10. Be sure your knife is sharp.
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