[Pics] US marines suck cobra blood during Thai jungle survival course

[Rogue Trader]

That’s what you call jungle juice! U.S Marines drink COBRA BLOOD in Thailand forest training exercise (and they weren’t even forced to do it)
WARNING: Images contain graphic content
Female Marines among those drinking cobra blood in Thai jungle

Learning jungle survival techniques in Chon Buri province

By KERRY MCDERMOTT
PUBLISHED: 09:54 GMT, 20 February 2013 | UPDATED: 10:15 GMT, 20 February 2013

A female Marine tips her head back as the blood of a dead cobra is dripped into her mouth in this startling photograph of a military training exercise in the depths of the Thai jungle.The U.S. soldier is one of around 13,000 taking part in Cobra Gold 2013, an annual, multi-national military training programme that incorporates jungle survival techniques.

After being taught how to kill the venomous snakes by Thai naval instructors, the Marines were given the option of experiencing a local custom; drinking the animals' blood.

Open wide: A Thai naval instructor drips cobra blood into the mouth of a female Marine in the jungle

Tough: The soldier wipes her mouth after drinking the cobra blood as part of a demonstration on how to kill the venomous snakes

Many of the Marines appeared unperturbed at the prospect of drinking cobra blood, which is sold as an aphrodisiac in parts of Eastern Asia.

The U.S. Marines were taking part in Cobra Gold 13 alongside Thai military personnel and soldiers from five other countries; Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore.

The 11-day military exercise, taking place in Thailand's Chon Buri province, covers amphibious assault, humanitarian relief, and evacuation of friendly forces as well as jungle survival techniques.

Extreme: A U.S. Marine is seen with the tail of a dead cobra protruding from his mouth during the survival exercise in Sattahip, Thailand

Bizarre: The soldiers were drinking the snake blood as part of Cobra Gold 2013, an annual multi-national military training exercise

Jungle training: In parts of eastern Asia snake blood is sold as an aphrodisiac

Intensive: The U.S. Marines are around 13,000 soldiers from seven countries participating in the 11 day training exercise at a military base in Thailand's Chon Buri province

Survival: The training exercise covers amphibious assault, jungle survival, humanitarian relief, and evacuation of friendly forces

Cobra Gold: U.S. Marines are participating in the 11-day exercise alongside military personnel from Thailand, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Japan

When in Thailand: After being taught how to kill the venomous snakes, the Marines were given the option of drinking the animals' blood

Tradition: Drinking snake blood is a local custom in parts of Thailand





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[laksaboy]

Some women spit, other women swallow. Guess which one is she?

 

[JigSAW]

Their marines are superb. Unlike our current bapok NSF.

 

[ShangTsung]

 

[Narong Wongwan]

Sup sup water la!
Our paper generals turn ministers eat snake on a daily basis at work....and get paid millions for it

 

[ShangTsung]

"My smile is lethal"

 

[Narong Wongwan]

Drink snake blood liao can naked walk in snow also no laksa

 

[Rogue Trader]

Drink snake blood liao can naked walk in snow also no laksa

Serious? Snake blood so power??

 

[JigSAW]

Cold treatment , no sweat.

 

[johnny333]

I've tried cobra meat when I visited visited Hatyai years ago but not the blood. The meat was like a skinny chicken.

 

[Narong Wongwan]

Serious? Snake blood so power??

Mix with wine already potent....dun say drink direct like that.
They say is aphrodisiac but all it does is make your whole body hot....drink in winter the best.

 

[syed putra]

chinese drink snake blood with rice wine. and swallow something raw. then the remainder they cook either by frying or soup and the skin is deep fried. and i had to eat the bloody stuff because chinese restaurants in southern china resembles like a mini zoo.

 

[Narong Wongwan]

chinese drink snake blood with rice wine. and swallow something raw. then the remainder they cook either by frying or soup and the skin is deep fried. and i had to eat the bloody stuff because chinese restaurants in southern china resembles like a mini zoo.

The something raw is the gall bladder. The bile inside taste damn funky man!

 

[songsongjurong]

maid will suck ah boy cobra...i meant suck for ah boy

 

[peppertail]

I wonder how many snakes died for this kind of rubbish exercise. What a waste of life.

 

[Agoraphobic]

When I was in Sec 3, a few classmates and me caught a wild python. We proceeded to chop off its head, drink its blood, and cook (baked) its meat. We took photos and had great fun through the event. Later, my uncle (then a lecturerat Poly) found out about it and scolded me for being stupid - it could've been diseased and its blood could be carrying parasitic tapeworm eggs. I guess it wasn't such a smart thing to do after all. If you need to eat wild game, eat only itsmeat - cooked.

Cheers!

 

[winnipegjets]

Oh, no, please don't compare our scholar soldiers with them. Our scholar soldiers are trained to be scholars first, soldiers next. They have all the text book knowledge to fight a war. Sinkapore is safe when the war is fought as the textbook teaches.

 

[Kinana]

I tried it during my army days. The blood stinks your breath for a while.

 

[steffychun]

you think our Chan Chun Sing can suck that?

 

[Raiders]

I tried it during my army days. The blood stinks your breath for a while.

Brother, you 302 platoon need to go outfield meh? Or you mean eat snake inside the chief clerk office?