Sorry to say but these Cobra Scnhaps are fake. I was in the NAM last year and these tourist goodies were all over the place. Fortunately, I was in Okinawa, Japan last week where they bottle pit vipers in their famous sake, Habu-shu.
check it out:
http://flickr.com/photos/dearscotty/2375481995/
I brought two home. Greatest souvenir known to man.
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