The two species are natural born enemies. 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 ...

A cobra and a mongoose treated an airplane runway like a boxing ring, viciously attacking one another and causing havoc in India. The airplane’s takeoff was delayed after the pilot spotted the ...

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 ...