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 ...

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 ...

The animal kingdom has some rivalries that are as legendary as any human feud and one of the most intense is the age-old clash between the snake and the mongoose. Their encounters are rare but when ...

The Yellow Cobra spreads a wide hood in defense when threatened or confronted.© Parichatphoto/Shutterstock.com The mongoose rushed in confidently, closing the ...

After a lone, female squirrel approaches a cobra from behind, a snake bite causes her to retreat from battle. But soon, a yellow mongoose steps up and tries to finish the battle with this highly ...

This battle looked like a carefully orchestrated scene out of a movie. It took place at Nossob Campsite in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, a protected area that spans South Africa and Botswana. A group ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The mongoose rushed in confidently, closing the distance between itself and the cobra. As observed, the snake and the mongoose ...