No more snake-eating for India's commandos!!!

For generations, trainee officers in the Indian Army faced a legendary test of their jungle survival skills: the rite of capturing, killing and eating a snake, preferably a highly venomous one, to prove they had conquered their fear of the wild. 

Now, however, a steep decline in the snake population – and fear of upsetting animal lovers – has forced students of the infantry's commando training wing in the southern state of Karnataka to forgo serpentine sources of sustenance. 

Instead, they are being sent on exercises with extra rations of chocolate, dried fruit and nuts. More...

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