Video: Marines drink cobra blood, eat scorpions

Jungle survival training is a rite of passage for Marines and sailors who take part in the annual Cobra Gold exercise in Thailand.

Each year, Thai troops show their U.S. counterparts what plants and animals they can eat and what they can drink if they ever find themselves in the jungle without a prepackaged, American-made "meal ready to eat."

As in years past, Marines and sailors got a taste of cobra blood and other jungle delicacies.

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