Watching these men attempt to catch a giant anaconda will make your day seem easy

Yep, that's a pretty big snake.
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Watching these men attempt to catch a giant anaconda will make your day seem easy
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Think you're having a tough day? Try wrestling a gigantic anaconda with your bare hands.

According to the start of the nightmare-inducing video above -- a preview of the BBC's upcoming Tribes, Predators & Me documentary -- "capturing and releasing anacondas is a demonstration of strength and bravery" for the Waorani warriors of Ecuador.

In all honesty, if it was a choice between snake-capturing and a lifetime of being thought of as cowardly, we might be tempted to go for option number two.

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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.


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