![]() Of course, if you get to number nine, or even ten, and find you’ve forgotten your knife, or that it’s blunt, the rest doesn’t really matter!Īfter I read it I had to go online to see if there was any truth at all to this being an actual instruction from the Peace Corp because I frankly didn’t believe it was real, and sure enough it wasn’t. Then suddenly rip upwards, severing the snake through the top of the head. This will take a long time.Ĩ: 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. Do not panic.ħ: The snake will begin to suck your legs into its body. Permit the snake to swallow your feet and ankles. Put your arms tight against your sides and your legs tight against one another.Ĥ: The snake will come and begin to nudge and will climb about your body.Ħ: After the snake has examined you, it will begin to swallow you from the feet, always the feet. Don’t try to outrun it.Ģ: Lie flat on the ground. Here are the instructions in one of the Peace Corps’s manuals, posted on the Internet:ġ: If you are attacked by an Anaconda, do not run. It is a telegraph pole with a temper! It takes 10 men to carry one - if it is in a good mood. A full grown Anaconda is not just a snake. The US Peace Corps train their workers to deal with any kind of eventuality they might meet in the field, and since they work in the jungles of South America, it’s quite possible that they might encounter an Anaconda, the largest snake in the world. The other day someone sent me a survival tip on what to do if you encounter an Anaconda, the largest snake in the world – here is what they sent to me: ![]()
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