In this footage, Egyptian commando cadets demonstrate their survival techniques, showing the CBC TV interviewer how they slaughter rabbits, chickens, and snakes with their bare hands and eat them raw. The interviewer, after declining to taste a bite of snake, praised the Egyptian soldiers for their manliness and their patriotism, saying that they want to avenge their comrades, killed by ISIS in the Sinai. The footage aired on March 12.

Interviewer: "What is this place, sir?"

Officer: "This is where we train the soldiers to obtain protein from the environment so that they will be physically capable of completing their mission. First of all, we can find eggs and eat them raw. After that, we will demonstrate all the things we can eat raw.

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"Put the egg in your hand and raise it up high. Get ready... Muhammad, put the tray away.

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"Get ready... Go!"

Cadets: "Commando! Commando! Commando! Commando!"

Officer: "When I drink an egg like that, it provides me with protein and water. Another way to get hydrated is by eating potatoes. We can eat them raw, as you will see. Get the potatoes! Throw the eggshells in the garbage bin. Potatoes are very rich in water. When I eat it raw, it gives me water and food. If I don't have time, I can eat it raw and carry on with my mission. Get ready... Go!"

Cadets: "Commando! Commando! Commando! Commando!"

Officer: "After eating these things and obtaining water for food, maybe we will have luck and will catch some birds, in a mountain, a field, or on the coast... it could be a bird or a pigeon... Today, we caught a chicken, and brought it as an example of something we caught in nature. Obviously, slaughtering it in accordance with the shari'a is impossible, so we will slaughter it commando-style: We grab the chicken in the left hand, and with the right hand, we start separating the head, saying 'In the name of Allah, Allah Akbar.' Then we start the slaughtering. Hop! Drain the blood first, drain the blood.

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"If necessary, we can eat it raw. Get on with it. You can see that this soldier has got the liver out. Take out the liver and the gall bladder. We also have rabbits, of course. Again, we cannot slaughter it in keeping with the shari'a, so we will do it commando-style. We grab the rabbit in the left hand and run the right hand over its fur. Get ready... Hop! We deliver a powerful blow to its head, and finish it off with our teeth. We must skin the rabbit immediately, otherwise the skin will stick to the flesh. We begin by skinning the rabbit, and then we disembowel it. Then we can roast the rabbit or, if we don't have time, eat it raw. We also have reptiles, like snakes."

Interviewer: "snakes?"

Officer: "Yes, snakes. We catch them. We use several methods to catch snakes... We begin by slamming the snake to the ground, and stepping on it with our boots. Then we take the snake and put it between our thighs. We squeeze it with our fingers all the way to the snake's head.

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"Now we start eating it."

Interviewer: "What does snake taste like? What does it taste like?

Cadets: "It tastes good."

Officer: "It's very normal. It's the regular taste of meat."

Interviewer: "What does it taste like, guys?"

Officer: "There's no problem with its taste. It's very normal, like any other meat."

Interviewer: "No, thanks...

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"The most important thing I have learnt in this visit is that the doctrine of the Egyptian soldier is different from that of any other soldier. The Egyptian soldier feels that the soil of the homeland is more important than anything.

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"People watching us might say: 'How can they do that to a chicken? How can they eat snakes?' But that's manliness! That's bravery, power, and fortitude! This trains you to persevere in difficult conditions.

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"We asked all the soldiers here: Aren't you worried? Aren't you afraid to go to the Sinai, where your comrades are dying? There answer was: No, I want to finish my training, so I can volunteer to go to the Sinai, and avenge the blood of my dead comrades."