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Damir Sagolj / Reuters
A U.S. Marine drinks the blood of a cobra during a jungle survival exercise with the Thai Navy as part of the "Cobra Gold 2013" joint military exercise, at a military base in Chon Buri province Feb. 20, 2013. About 13,000 service members from seven countries, Thailand, U.S., Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea and Malaysia are participating in the 11-day military exercise.
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Animals .... ACtually calling these idiots animals is an insult to animals. ..... Did that snake have to DIE so these @!$%#s can prove how tough they think they are ? Killing a defensless animal for anything other than food is COWARDICE .....
Conrad, ever been in uniform, other than a girl scout uniform? Didn't think so. My senior class trip wasn't a beach in Mexico, it was Vietnam. Bravado builds bonds, all who have served know this and is a edge when going into combat.
Go back to eating your trail mix and keep your mouth off things you are so illiterate about.
Oh and Conrad i did drink cobra blood in Vietnam once. Mixed with conyac, quite a rush.
Sempher Fi
I knew it was coming - I just didn't think it would be #1.
Do you actually think a cobra is defensless?
Besides, these are not hippies, but shock troopers. Hope you can see, how that requires a different mindset than yours, or what would be appropriate for say a gardener or whatever.
Rituals help.
Conrad has obviously never been part of a tight knit group. He just likes to sit behind his computer and judge the world without actually experiencing it. L-O-S-E-R!!!
is it really necessary for these guys to drink snake blood? i understand they go through insanely intense situations but is drinking blood really something that needs to be done? i am all for preparing these men for reality but i think that they would eat the snake meat before drinking the blood to survive.
Survival training. I did it. And yes id eat anything that was not tied down in the wild. If it moved its dinner.