How To Influence and Motivate People 

     Question - If you saw a man stuff two vampire bats into his mouth, and then open his mouth and let them fly away, what would your first reaction be? 
      Vomit in your soup? 
      Ask somebody to call a psychiatrist? 
      Or, rush out and make sure you had correctly sorted your garbage in the politically correct manner in order to save the environment? 
      Well, in Brazil there is an environmental activist by the name of Arteval Daurte, who hopes you choose option number three. Because, he claims, that’s why he’s doing this stunt with the bats. 
     Now if the bat stunt doesn’t convince you to rush out to save the planet, then he will do the same thing, but with snakes. If you're really a hard sell, then he will suspend himself in a wooden box that has been set on fire. 
     What intrigues me is what in his background leads him to believe that any of these three stunts will make anyone even think about environmental issues let alone become an activist?