US Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Patrick Katz
- Thai and US Marines confronted deadly jungle creatures in survival training in Thailand.
- Exercise Cobra Gold demonstrated skills to Marines to help endure harsh jungle environments.
- Animal rights activists slammed the past exercises that involved Marines drinking cobra blood.
US Marines came face-to-face with deadly jungle critters in a survival training in Thailand last month.
The training was part of a larger US-Thai annual military drill called Exercise Cobra Gold, which aims to promote "collaboration to enhance regional stability" in the Indo-Pacific.