Important Safety Tip

 Anyone for joining the Peace Corps!
 

 >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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