The mongoose and cobra are natural born enemies, as anyone who has a passing familiarity with the Rudyard Kipling short story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is surely aware. The scrappy, yet dexterous carnivorous ...
From Rudyard Kipling’s Rikki-Tikki-Tavi to real-life wildlife encounters, tales of mongooses bravely confronting venomous snakes have captured imaginations for generations. While these stories seem ...