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> but he clearly knows what he's doing. So what is he doing to avoid getting eaten / spooking the snake?

• kitd 3y ago
  I suspect he knows snake behaviour better than either of us. Maybe he can spot it is not hunting/has just eaten/is just patrolling its patch/idk, but is not dangerous at that moment. Animals that are hunting are normally hidden.
• pvaldes 3y ago
  Wearing a loose white shirt is probably on purpose. Will make easier to the other members of the team to spot him in case of trouble and pull him out of the water. Also could divert a possible attack making easier to detach the snake head. Anacondas are famously unpredictable and got upset easily. Swimming with them is not a move driven by wisdom. My bet is that "avoiding an attack because I know how to handle it" is not so much the main objective here as: "in case of attack, film and rescue"
  • mcv 3y ago
    He is a TV maker, so it's definitely possible he considered the possibility of an attack as an upside rather than a downside. I hadn't thought about the loose shirt being a possible benefit; I thought he'd just jumped in in his office attire because he's an impulsive ADHD loon and it's not that deep and it makes good TV.
    • pvaldes 3y ago
      > He is a TV maker, so it's definitely possible he considered the possibility of an attack as an upside rather than a downside. Therefore degrading the profession of zoologist to clowns that put themselves on dangerous and stupid situations all the time to sell a TV series, that is the product advertised here.
      • mcv 3y ago
        These might be conflicting goals: defending the stature of zoologists, and making kids excited about animals. His focus is definitely on the latter.