Here is some interesting snake-related stuff...
The US Defense Secretary recently visited Indonesia, and to impress him, the special forces there bit the heads of live snakes and drank their blood.
I wonder if he was impressed? lol
https://www.rt.com/usa/416892-commandos ... indonesia/ US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was treated to a bizarre and brutal display of military and martial arts skill by Indonesia’s special forces in which live snakes were decapitated and their blood consumed.
The press corps traveling with Mattis was expecting a standard hostage rescue drill and were totally unprepared for the fire walks, helicopter drills, and counter terrorist simulations which included attack dogs. Indonesia’s elite and historically vicious counter-terrorism force, the Kopassus, dazzled Mattis with a highly unorthodox display of military expertise at a military headquarters in Jakarta Wednesday.
Pounding drums provided the soundtrack to a fierce martial arts exhibition in which the special forces commandos obliterated flaming wooden and brick obstacles with their fists, feet and foreheads.
The fearsome warriors then took a break and shared snake blood from freshly-slaughtered cobras in a sign of brotherhood. The bags of snakes were emptied mere feet in front of Mattis before the soldiers decapitated the serpents. One soldier even tore a live snake apart with his teeth.
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US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis



The US defense secretary retired from active service with the Marines in 2013, and was dubbed 'Mad Dog' by the press for his exploits in Iraq.