The Mongoose | The Perfect Snake Vanquisher

Опубликовано: 27 Март 2023
на канале: Animals Recapped

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How Do Mongooses Kill Snakes?
When a mongoose hunts a snake, the fight often starts out looking like the snake has the edge.

Mongooses often appear rather harmless, sniffing around the snake like a curious little mammal that may seem tentative at first. The snake, on the other hand may coil, hiss, and (if it’s a cobra) flare out its fan as a warning to the mongoose to back off.

The snake will likely strike first, attempting to scare off the mongoose, and may even bite it if it moves quickly enough. But this initial bite will not harm the mongoose, and in many cases the mongoose moves quickly enough to avoid the bite in the first place.

This “dance” of predators may continue for several moments, with the snake making repeated attempts to strike the mongoose and the mongoose deftly avoiding the attacks. Then, all at once, the mongoose will strike, suddenly biting down on the snake’s head, incapacitating it and preventing it from fighting back.

The snake may die instantly from this attack; if not, the mongoose will whip it around, smacking it repeatedly against the ground until it dies. #mongoose #mongoosevssnake #animalshorts #animalfacts #animals
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