No one would have thought that the famous cobra could succumb to an animal with a body similar to that of a domestic cat like a mongoose.

Cobras are extremely venomous snakes that can be found throughout Africa. This name is often used to refer to the Elapidae cobra species and most of them belong to the genus Naja. Of course, these snakes all carry venom and can be dangerous to humans.

The most easily identifiable point is that the body can be raised perpendicular to the ground and the neck swells when it feels in danger.

The cobra genus is quite slender with a variety of lengths and different sizes. They can reach a length of up to 2 m, some species are even longer than 3 m. And the subgenus Boulengerina is usually the largest in size, living in African forests.

Whenever threatened, their bodies rise and the skin on their necks swells to warn the enemy if they feel threatened.

Most of these snakes often have many ways to attack and inject poison into their victims. They often use their fangs to bite their opponents and thereby inject poison through their fangs into the wound, entering the bloodstream.

A few, such as the spitting cobra, often use the method of spraying venom out the front of their mouth cavity to threaten and attack enemies.

An important point to note about this snake is that outside, cobras are often quite shy, and if there is any dangerous movement towards them, snakes often find ways to hide and leave.

Only in cases of constant threat do they attack their opponents.

With such a scary appearance and “superior” skills in using poison, most creatures in the world have to avoid cobras when encountering cobras, except for some “careless” animals. “like a mongoose.

This is a small animal, similar in size to a domestic cat, and belongs to a mammal.

Most mongoose species have small heads that are long and flat and gradually point towards the nose, short ears and rounded ear flaps.

The fighting weapon of this mongoose is long, sharp claws combined with strong jaws, along with quick and sharp intelligence, making any opponent wary.

But, the outstanding point that can make mongooses not afraid of “colliding” with cobras lies in their special anti-poison mechanism.

Surrounded by venom-immune membranes, venomous snakes of Africa must also become the focus of their meals. Besides the body secreting an immune system to the venom, the technique of approaching and killing the prey is clever and delicate.

When attacking a cobra, the mongoose often erects its tail, confusing the poisonous snake. Mongooses, like many other snake predators, will try to bite the cobra from behind the head.

Although it has high “poison resistance”, that does not mean the mongoose can underestimate the strength of the cobra.