{"id":1149,"date":"2018-07-31T02:03:27","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T02:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/?p=1149"},"modified":"2019-09-24T16:27:27","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T23:27:27","slug":"eaten-alive-to-save-the-jungle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/uncategorized\/eaten-alive-to-save-the-jungle\/","title":{"rendered":"Eaten Alive to Save the Jungle?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently finished reading &#8220;Mother of God,&#8221; by the guy who tried to get himself swallowed by an anaconda on the Discovery Channel. I must admit, I did not know about the stunt when I checked the book out from the library and started following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/paulrosolie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Rosolie<\/a> on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KfG_DS5lbXs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As you might expect from the star of a Discovery Channel special called &#8220;eaten alive,&#8221; the book portrays a sensational, extreme, version of nature with plenty of hyperbolic descriptions and close encounters with death and danger.<\/p>\n<p>However, if Paul Rosolie did all this as a stunt to bring attention and money to the conservation of the Madre de Dios region in Peru, then perhaps the ends justify the means.<\/p>\n<p>I wish the book were more well-written or at least if the editors had worked a little harder on it before sending it off to the presses. 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