Snake

Ten years ago on a hot afternoon as my father filled the black twenty-gallon tanks of water, and the roar of the jake brake and the downshifting melody of the passing trucks filled the air. “Mijo ven y detén la manguera en lo que agarro Cambio” my dad yelled.Why me I asked myself as I stomped over to the truck and got farther from the fun. Pump, whish, screech, roar, and melody were sounds that I would hear while I held the lime green hose in place. After my dad had gotten the change in quarters…

Nagaina, and he battled 3 snakes and never lost. I think he was brave because he single handedly fought two Cobra’s and destroyed the eggs. That is really hard for a young Mongoose like Rikki. Now that is real bravery. For an example in the story it says,”Rikki was plunged into the rat hole where Nag and her used to live.” on page 27. That is pretty brave to fight a snake underground in their lair. (Kipling 27) He also has wit because he used Nagaina’s last snake egg as a…

the mongoose is “tolerant to small dosages of venom.” In the article from national geographic (2001) the author presumes that cobra will win because it is the “longest venomous snake” Although the author of Funk and Wagnall (2014) refutes that the statement by saying “attacking even the largest and most poisonous snakes.” In the article from national geographic (2001) the author states “stands up like a man in a terrifying pose.” Yet Grolier online (2015) states that the mongoose is “victorious…

heard a slithering snake in the bushes. I tried to turn tail, but it was too late; the venomous snake bit the left rear hoof of my horse, and it slithered away into the bushes. I was terrified beyond measure, and my horse stumbled back out of the bushes. From panic, I asked all of the townspeople in the village what I could do with my horse, but they didn’t have any antidotes. Finally, one vaquero had some wise knowledge about snakes, and told me that the certain species of snake that bit my…

Imagine you are touring a desert. You see a huge snake and a mammal not much bigger than the average household animal. They are fighting over a habitat. The fighting becomes intense and there is much hostility. Who will win? Many officials and scientists have studied these animals, learning how they live and what their lifestyle is like. If an Indian grey mongoose and a king cobra were engaging in combat, then I believe a mongoose will win because of many reasons and evidence. This argument…

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a story of bravery and courage. The main characters are Rikki, a mongoose who is the story’s protagonist, and three snakes - Karait, Nag, and Nagaina - who are the antagonists. Other characters are an Englishman and his wife and their son Teddy; Darzee and his wife who are tailor birds; and Chuchundra, a musk-rat who lives in the Englishman’s home. The story takes place in a bungalow and its garden in a British army post in India during the late 1800’s. The story begins when…

kill a venomous snake. The cobras have intimidating hoods, along with a poisonous bite. The printed version and video are the same, with only a few minor differences. The Rikki-tikki-tavi printed version, written by Rudyard Kipling, is very interesting. Rikki-tikki-tavi, the mongoose, got washed up meets the dangerous cobras named Nag and Nagaina. They see the mongoose and the family as a threat and plan to kill them all. Nag and the mongoose fight, but then the father shot the snake. Nagaina…

Rattlesnakes, and snakes in general, are symbolized as evil and foreboding. The reader can speculate that by bringing the rattlesnake into their home, Sykes has brought evil with him. He asks Delia to have a look in the box and she is instantly petrified. She asks Sykes to get rid of the snake but he outright refuses. Although the rattlesnake had just eaten when Sykes caught it, the snakes starts to grow hungry again and is always rattles around, scaring Delia to death. A few days after the…

cobra’s life is that of an eventful one that is characterized by its diet, it’s environment, and its defense. The diet of this carnivorous cobra usually includes many things such as eggs, chickens, small mammals, toads, lizards, mongooses, and rat snakes for dinner. After a meal, it will lay in the sun to speed up the digestion process, they are most vulnerable in this state. During Winter months when food is scarce, the cobra can live off of fat tissue for elongated periods of time. They will…

At this point, the author is foreshadowing an event that would come in the future of the story and also illustrates the irony that Sykes will end up being hunted by a snake himself. Delia had to work very had each and every day to build her little home for her old day, she planted one by one the tress and flowers. It was lovely to her, lovely (3). It was to late now for her to hope for love, before sleep came, she found…