Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
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"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" is a short story in the 1894 short story collection The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling about adventures of a valiant young Indian grey mongoose. It has often been anthologised and p
Later edition cover of "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi in Chuck Jones' animated film
Common krait
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The common krait is a highly venomous snake species belonging to the genus Bungarus in the family Elapidae. It has a black or bluish-black body with narrow white crossbands, typically reaching a lengt
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
…him, not only with the fact that he cannot take on two cobras at once, but also that there's no herbal antidote for a cobra's bite. Later that day, a dust-brown snakeling named Karait threatens Teddy. Unaware that the smaller snake is even more dangerous than a cobra, Rikki fights and kills Karait, and then presents its…
Bungarus caerulus
The common krait
Common krait
Common krait eating a wolf snake (Lycodon aulicus)