A bizarre and nail-biting fight-to-the-death between a mongoose and a spectacled cobra in Uttar Pradesh, northern India.
The mongoose, whose name may or may not be Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, dashes up to the reptile, lunging at it with its teeth, while the cobra stays in a defensive stance.
The mongoose pulls the snake around, refusing to back away from the reptile, retreting and returning to attack from a different direction.
Drivers stand at a distance and allow them to fight while they watch and record the event on their mobile phones.
Eventually the animal gets scared off by a loud bus horn and runs away leaving the snake right in the middle of the road.
Rickshaws, trucks, bikes and cars move around the cobra, leaving it unharmed.
Indian mongooses are famous for fighting venomous snakes due to their thick skin and agility.
