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 mammals have a natural resistance to cobra venom, making them one of the few species to prey on the deadly reptiles. And passengers on a recent flight trying to depart from India got to see nature up close and in action, as a trio of mongooses faced off against an unwitting cobra. The Ec...
