A group of grinning men spark outrage after using the boa constrictor as a skipping rope

A group of men in Argentina sparked outrage on social media after a video of them using a snake as a skipping rope was shared.

Two of the unidentified men were seen holding the enormous boa constrictor by the neck and tail, while a third man stood between them on a dirt road in rural Argentina.

They began swinging the snake violently, allowing the third man to jump up and down as the snake’s body passed beneath him.

You can hear all three men and the cameraman laughing as the helpless animal undergoes the treatment.

The ordeal lasts for a few seconds until the jumper hits the boa with his feet and falls to the ground laughing.

A group of men in Argentina sparked outrage on social media after a video of them using a snake as a jump rope was shared

Two of the unidentified men were seen holding the enormous boa constrictor by the neck and tail, while a third man stood between them on a dirt road in rural Argentina.

Two of the unidentified men were seen holding the enormous boa constrictor by the neck and tail, while a third man stood between them on a dirt road in rural Argentina.

They began swinging the snake violently, allowing the third man to jump up and down as the snake's body passed underneath him

They began swinging the snake violently, allowing the third man to jump up and down as the snake’s body passed beneath him

The ordeal lasts for a few seconds until the jumper hits the boa with his feet and falls to the ground laughing

The ordeal lasts for a few seconds until the jumper hits the boa with his feet and falls to the ground laughing

The contestants were branded animal abusers by shocked viewers

The contestants were branded animal abusers by shocked viewers

TThe snake’s mouth can be seen wide open, presumably in an attempt to bite the man who was holding it tightly by the neck.

The contestants were branded animal abusers by shocked viewers.

One comment read: ‘But what will happen to them? This is animal cruelty.”

Another wrote: ‘And we wonder why men live shorter lives.’

A third added: “What idiots, you shouldn’t do that to an animal,” while another said: “The only acceptable ending to this video is the boa swallowing them all.”

“This is abuse and not funny at all,” another concluded.