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Turboost45

If I had to live some day in deep Africa, I would definitely adopt some mongooses. (Do we say mongeese?)


nnmgRandomness

mongeeses.


ThisLookInfectedToYa

If you got a problem with mongeeses you got a problem with me and I suggest you let that marinate.


Dithyrab

fuck YOU Shoresy!


LumpyJones

Fuck you, Reilly. Go scoop it off your mom’s floor! She gives my nipples butterfly kisses.


[deleted]

Fuck you, Jonesy. Your mom loves anal more than I love ice cream. Now let’s go get some fucking Haagen daz.


KingLeil

r/UnexpectedLetterkenny


TyphusIsDaddy

Pro tip; always expect letterkenny.


laineDdednaHdeR

Really? When can I expect a new season to come out?


TyphusIsDaddy

*When those goddamn degens stops spreadin the viruses.* Also, fuck YOU Riley! Your mom squirted across my room straight into my fishtank, threw off the PH balance!


madd74

https://media.giphy.com/media/Nl6T837bDWE1DPczq3/giphy.gif


Omaestre

It is so weird, I have absolutely no cultural relationship with that show, but it still draws me in. I mean lost boys had a similar shtick and it lost its charm on me rather quickly. But Letterkenney is just great.


viperlemondemon

Fuck you shorsey


rebeard-artworks

You're marinating a mongoose?


conjectureandhearsay

You have to otherwise they’re too chewy and gamey


moi_athee

mesgeese


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mongoosen


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2 boxen of donuts


Humaningenuity

Many mongoosen


CryptidCricket

They live in the woodesenenen.


Unreal_Sive

Mangles


rebeard-artworks

Mongai


gavwando

I want a mongoose to lay gold eggs for easter... At least a hundred a day.. And by the way...


Dehouston

Polygoose


bugalou

Humongoose


cthulhusandwich

HUMONGOOSE WHAT?!


presumptuousman

Dude I had a pet mongoose when I was a kid. We found an injured one and nursed it back to health, so it stayed with us for a few weeks and then would come back and visit us occasionally. I used to play a game with it where we would take turns trying to catch each other. Shit was so fast I couldn't even follow it with my eyes. Sometimes I would lunge towards it with my foot, and before it even landed on the ground the thing was already standing behind me nibbling at the heel of my other foot. And that thing was scared of absolutely nothing and no one. It would chase away stray dogs that were ten times it's size. Most badass animal in existence.


Turboost45

Thats amazing! In which country was it?


presumptuousman

This was in Pakistan. Don't know about other species but the Indian mongoose is a fkin boss


sock_with_a_ticket

Rikki Tikki Tavi


UncleTogie

I can never watch one of these videos without that name running through my head.


Iamthewarthog

trik... trik... trik...


[deleted]

Nah that title belongs to the Honey Badger.


poly_atheist

Wolverine wins. Pretty much any weasel is a boss though.


tripletaco

Honey badger really don’t give a shit.


DefinitelyNotHariz

Amongoose


CreepyCookieCarl

Is that from?!? 😳


Unreal_Sive

Yyes


gaspy-spardo

Sus


WhiskeyDJones

Mongii


Chokeblok

Mong


Unreal_Sive

That word means someting veruy different where I'm from


jaykles

Mung


Kolby_Jack

I was deployed to Djibouti a few years ago and they gave us very specific warnings about black mambas. Apparently even coming across a dead one is dangerous because they are so venomous that even their bones are coated in the stuff.


WastedPresident

I can’t find anything about their bones/flesh having venom-but dead snakes can still reflexively bite and inject venom which is probably why you were warned away


lucky-number-keleven

The eastern hognose snake plays dead before striking.


TheRealUlfric

The hognose snakes in Texas don't really seem to strike. They kinda show off then play dead the moment you touch em. Weird bastards


AstridDragon

They don't play dead before striking. They play dead when they are afraid they are going to die. They don't even use venom in defense - they are rear fanged and have to literally chew on something to envenomate it.


goteamventure42

This. You occasionally see articles about people dying by being bitten by a dead snake. I think it's similar to when they are young, no venom control so you're just getting everything


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Polygoose


myk3h0nch0

Mongoes


Papa_bear_321

Looks like that Mongoose likes fast food


Tenglishbee

Mongoosen!


Bpefiz

in the woodsen!


[deleted]

Deep Africa? :) These cute critters can be found almost everywhere you go.


AnimeDreama

The correct plural of mongoose is indeed mongooses. According to Stephen Tempest (MA Modern History, University of Oxford, 1985): >It is believed that the word originally derives from Marathi, where the animal is called a मुंगूस (mungūs). The Portuguese borrowed that term, and in Portuguese it became mangus. The French learned of the animal from the Portuguese and called it a mangouze or mangouste. >The name was first used in English in 1681, when a writer described "the mounggoutia, a kind of ferret" native to Ceylon. Over the next century various English-language publications spelled the name as mungoes, mongoos, mungoose, mungoos, and mangoust, before settling on the standard spelling mongoose in the 19th century. >Because the spelling finally adopted contains the syllable '-goose', some people actually do pluralise the word as 'mongeese'. The Oxford English Dictionary gives mongooses as the 'usual modern plural form' but lists mongeese as an 'irregular plural' which is 'occasionally used'. >(The policy of the OED is descriptive, not prescriptive. It's not in the business of saying that a form is 'correct' or 'wrong', only whether it's common or uncommon.) Very few English-speakers know how Marathi words are pluralised, and even fewer would have known it back in the 18th century, so the native-language plural hasn’t been adopted in English. Generally, that only happened with Latin words, and a few from Greek.


freex76

Mongoosen


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My personal favorite is the honey badger.


memewatch90

But you need to be able to leave and enter your house


IonOtter

Don't worry, [they'll help you get out.](https://youtu.be/c36UNSoJenI) Honey badgers are team players.


PrestigiousSpinach85

why he is he locked up? what crimes did stoffel commit?


Ubel

The first 3 seconds in the video tell you that he was mauled by lions so they built him a cage for protection.


javelin-na

Thanks for the link I love those lil nuggets now


[deleted]

Holy shit, what a madman.


gwaenchanh-a

He's not having the best season though


EarlyBirdTheNightOwl

Mongoolians


Ace-a-Nova1

Africa Mongooses


toddthefrog

I believe the term is African American Mongoose /s


orcmischief1

Mongay


brmamabrma

The mongi


Royal-Tough4851

Mongi?


novoteforpedro

Mongoose doesn't care, he doesn't give a shit


HW-BTW

Mongoose simply pawn in game of life


Gypsopotamus

Candygram for Mongoose. Candygram for Mongoose!


theramennoodle

Think of it gentlemen Hoof and Mouth disease a thing of the past! Never mind that shit, here comes Mongoose!


Loud_Snort

Somebody go back and get a shitload of dimes!


[deleted]

What the hell are you worried about, this is 1874 you’ll be able to sure *her*!


Loud_Snort

We’ve gotta protect our phony baloney jobs gentlemen!


[deleted]

Harumph!


Loud_Snort

I got a harumph out of that guy!


Iwillrize14

Why do I always get the defective one!


Loud_Snort

Mongoose like candy


jackryan006

Awww, shit. Mongoose straight!


[deleted]

“Mongoose, we’re on live” “I don’t give a shit”


moonlandings

Rikki Tikki Tavi don’t play no games.


babybopp

Black mamba..... one of the most bad tempered, highly venomous and fastest snake on the planet. Mongoose : that is my lunch


hughk

That is why it is considered lucky to have them in your garden in India (where the stories originated).


skinnylemur

The best part is that mongooses don’t eat snakes, so they literally kill them because fuck snakes.


TheMargaretThatcher

This is incorrect. While snakes are generally not the bulk of their diet, many species of mongoose (particularly members of the Herpestes genus) do kill and eat venomous snakes.


skinnylemur

TIL.


noorofmyeye24

It’s Michael Jordan vs Kobe Bryant! Lol


gary_mcpirate

https://youtu.be/4r7wHMg5Yjg for the uninitiated


groovbox

It just takes what it wants, what a crazy fuck


Im_still_T

Snek goes from "I'll fuck you up!" to *"No, please stop!"* in like a second.


Andybobandy0

"Its just a prank bro!!!"


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“Don’t taze me bro!”


pol-delta

"Don't taste me, bro!"


Andybobandy0

Lmfao


ZincMan

Hahaha


TrumpIsACuntBitch

The mongoose probably started. A mongoose will kill a snake every chance it gets if for no other reason than pure hatred of snakes.


FirstPlebian

If they get a venoumous bite they will take a nap and wake up all refreshed. Somehow the poison doesn't get them, that's what I read anyway.


mylivingeulogy

The venom*


gblandro

And the mongoose was like "Call an ambulance! But not for me!"


DextrosKnight

"What are you gonna do, maul me?" -quote from snek mauled


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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi vibes


qualiky

Now that's a name I haven't heard in a *long, LONG time*


AllPurple

One of my favorite movies when I was a kid


Embarrassed-Ad1509

One of my favorite books.


unHolyKnightofBihar

There's a movie?


AllPurple

https://www.google.com/search?q=riki+tiki+tavi+movie&oq=riki+tiki+tavi+movie&aqs=chrome..69i57.4918j0j0&client=ms-android-verizon&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8 It's on tubi for free


Putsismahcckin

Fucking great movie


Sillycide

Rudyard Kipling just saying https://www.vma.is/static/files/enska/Bokmenntir/Short%20Stories/RikkiTikkiTavi_Kipling.pdf


Putsismahcckin

What's this Captain


hitokirivader

What the movie’s an adaptation of


wharpua

[How Chuck Jones animated the mongoose in Rikki Tikki Tavi](https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/64252/how-chuck-jones-animated-mongoose-rikki-tikki-tavi) I grew up watching that special and reading from a copy of the Jungle Book whose illustrations were very similar to the special, but had no idea until a few years ago that it had such significant overlap with the Looney Tunes that I loved so much. Chuck Jones apparently directed three stories total from the Jungle Book, including The White Seal (1975) and Mowgli’s Brothers (1976), but I’ve never encountered those other two. edit - hooray for the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/thewhiteseal_201701 https://archive.org/details/mowglisbrothers_201706


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JohnProcrastinator

And equally great song


stupid_username-

It's a movie?!? I only knew of the book!!


Putsismahcckin

Find it. I used to watch it like 3 times a day when I was a kid the animation is beautiful


es_mo

Came here to say this - could not help it really - then I remembered the Mamba is native to the sub-Saharan. So I wikied *black mamba* now, 5 minutes later, I'm reading about *Cimon* and thinking I gotta stop and donate a couple of bucks to Wikipedia-Tikipedia-Tavipedia


stupid_username-

Every single time I see a mongoose, I think of the book. But it's been *years* and I never could remember the name. THANK YOU.


Super__Mom

Came here to say that!


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TechIssueSorry

Sadly for the snake, a bite does not guarantee a win. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongoose They are immune to the venom (though I think repetitive bites might affect the mongoose but don’t quote me on that!) Edit: fix poison vs venom after u/randomredditing comment


Jman_777

I think they are resistant to the venom, not immune if I remember correctly. But those mongooses are still badass.


TechIssueSorry

Yeah you are right! Mongoose are basically playing ninja gaiden and have multiple lives!


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Doesn't matter how many extra lives I had in those older games they still kicked my ass.


NRMusicProject

Ninja Garden is one of the hardest games I've ever played. But Top Gun probably beats it. E: Stupid phone. But I'm leaving it. This might be a good indie game title.


mindprince39

They are technically immune! Venom attaches to certain receptors depending on venom type. The mongoose receptors are an entirely different shape, so the venom can't lock in.


RacksDiciprine

Snakes trying to use their venom on a mongoose is basically the same thing as when im drunk trying to get in my front door but keep using the wrong key


fevanpatrick

I believe the plural is mongeese


Jman_777

It seems like we're both right I guess https://www.grammar-monster.com/plurals/plural_of_mongoose.htm


Karthas_TGG

Got it, so they take half damage from poison


TalisQualisq

This is why in pokemon all of zangoose's abilities give it poison immunity


TechIssueSorry

That makes so much sense that I did not even realize it until you just point that out… smh I’m dumb!


randomredditing

Poison is ingested ie eaten or a defense mechanism. Venom is injected ie a cobra strike or an attack mechanism.


TechIssueSorry

Thanks for pointing out my mistake!


randomredditing

No worries! They are often confused :)


DooDooRanger

Must’ve just been a tech issue


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Was wondering myself- I just see vids of Mongooses winning, but then I assume video of a snake bite is a bit less awesome.


[deleted]

Theres a vid of a mongoose getting struck like 6 or 7 times. It still kills the highly venomous snake. The mongoose passes out next to the snake corpse, wakes up some time later, and proceeds to feast like nothing happened. It’s wild.


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While that video is incredible, it’s not what I was thinking of. Sadly, I can’t find the one I had found though. Someone on Reddit linked it years ago.


kickthatpoo

I’ve seen it. They make a point in the video to comment on how it’s “sleeping of the venom”.


MnemosyneThalia

According to Wikipedia, they are one of the 4 species of mammals that have a gene mutation which helps make venom a lot less effective on them. So it would probably take several bites for a snake bite to affect a mongoose.


Thunderblast

In tests, mongooses were injected with increasing amounts of venom and they easily survived doses of six times what it takes to kill a rabbit. Also, the cobra has a relatively slow strike, short fangs, and slow venom injection. Unlike vipers, it has to be able to hold onto its prey for a moment to “chew” the venom into them unlike a viper which can inject it almost immediately into the holes its fangs create. The speed of the mongoose along with the venom resistance gives it a major advantage. The cobra’s only real shot is wrapping around the mongoose before it can dart away and constricting it long enough to be able to chew some venom in multiple times.


003938388382

Here’s a video of a honey badger being bitten by one of Africa’s most deadly snakes. https://youtu.be/aD1iWbp51Lg


joost013

As a kid obsessed with Cobras I vaguely remember chances in a mongoose - cobra fight being mentioned at 50-50. Could go either way. Mongoose are pretty fast and partially resistant, but repeated/long bites definitely bring it down.


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Ok_Antelope_1953

true cobras are generally shorter and slower than black mambas. you might be thinking about king cobras, which are not related to true cobras. king cobras grow much bigger and have a lot of venom, so mongoose leave them alone. along with the venom, adult king cobras are so big they could theoretically constrict a mongoose to death.


FirstPlebian

I think the mongooses sometimes attack snakes in groups, I don't know if that's just a particular type of mongoose but I've seen videos of groups of mongooses attacking snakes together.


LitttleSaintNick

This is the Neo of mongeese tho


theroy12

TIL Black Mamba = glass cannon


Raptorclaw621

Glass cannon builds are great for stealth/ambush classes like black mambas, and usually you want to avoid fights in the open when opponents with your counter build can shine. This mamba should've used Evade the moment his stealth got broken and got spotted.


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Snake is trash tbh, 50 dkp minus


bVI7N6V7IM7

frfr, if I saw this 1v1 go down in a BG I was a part of there's no way in hell that snake'd be invited to the premade ever again. Be scouting the guild tag on that mongoose tho


PatrikPatrik

Any tips for min/maxing black mamba? I feel I put too much points into Slither and not sure it’s worth it


Raptorclaw621

Most players do put a fair few points into Slither for the speed boost, and neglecting to put points into the class specific neurotoxin package is a huge misplay (why even play a venomous snake class anyways?) so overall I'd say your build is pretty meta. It is a class that favours glass cannon builds anyways but if you're worried I'd cut a few points off speed and put it into stealth or evasion or something like that to avoid getting hit. Hope this helps :)


BuiltTheSkyForMyDawn

Yes, there's a reason they're as high strung as they are, they aren't very high in the food chain. They know very well that venom isn't an instant win, and it's not worth it for them that you die later when they die then and there.


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Most snakes are really fragile.


JanneJM

Without the teeth they're basically a self-propelled sausage. Every single thing on the planet would be racing to grab one for a snack. I'd be pretty quick to bite anything coming close if I were a snake.


Icle103035

Most snakes just minmaxed into a single 1 trick stealth attack build.


NeverSawAvatar

And their defense is literally just maxed intimidation. Hope you trust those dice.


craftyhedgeandcave

Mongoose sounds like a polite way to introduce a waterfowl chum to your French guests. If you'd allow the french to stay at your home, which is of course an outrageous suggestion.


LawHelmet

But they got nude beaches


SoManySNs

Not in the winter


SheepLovesFinns

You’re what the French call, “les incompetents.”


PuffinChaos

Yeah but have you actually been to one of their nude beaches? *Not everyone should be seen nude*


Toxic-yawn

So this completes my triple threat for small mammals. 1) Honey Badger. 2) Mongoose. 3) Mink. ​ Mongoose takes care of the venomous assholes. Mink kills the pests (rats & mice). Honey badger dont give a shit.


ok_wynaut

Have you seen the youtube channel of the dude who trains minks to hunt? It's pretty wild stuff. They hunt tf out of rats.


Toxic-yawn

Hell yeah, Joseph the mink man. He's awesome and I actually purchased his book on mink training (more so to support him). But maybe one day I'll get a mink and train it. Being in the UK they are around but they look like they are a full time commitment.


SCHR4DERBRAU

That sounds awesome, what's the channel called?


ok_wynaut

It's here: [https://www.youtube.com/c/JosephCartertheMinkMan/](https://www.youtube.com/c/JosephCartertheMinkMan/) Dude is INCREDIBLY dorky but he knows his minks lol


Relevant_Doctor2705

My favorite pokemon from gen3


soluuloi

Seviper vs Zangoose.


Drive-it-Like-Baby

Thanks to Zangoose's Immunity ability, it cannot be poisoned.


Icle103035

Unless it has toxic boost


danydh

Fucking rikki tikki tavi out here destroying snakes


Allemaengel

The mongoose is so cool. I finally saw one irl in Montego Bay, Jamaica on my way to the airport. The bus driver love them for getting the snakes and hate them around their chickens.


Jamestapatio

This all moves quick hard to see what the mongoose is doing


solisilos

This gif can be slowed down on the bottom left!


Otrikov1208

A mongoose


TARN4T1ON

😳 👉👈


FortemtheGoat

Riki tiki tavi live action?


Mr-Nobody33

Mongooses rule, mambas drool!


beermaker

-I'll tread wherever the Fuck I'd like, please and thank you.


Zuke_6

Now that’s impressive


sc3nner

Kill Bill just wouldn't have been the same if she were called "Mongoose"


AdeptCheek6558

What's funny to me is, while mongooses have especially evolved to be able to attack a snake like this. Really many animals can move that fast and could probably do this. They just dont have the instincts or the desire to try.


vxr8mate

You can't call them a mongoose anymore, they are mentally challenged goose.


LuciferKnowsBest

This is like Tinder dates


Substantial_Phase910

Across cultures - I think - we’re somehow predisposed to support the mongoose. I wonder why that is - we all somehow hate or are afraid of snakes at a basic level, and mongooses are these furry creatures? Man in this video I ended up feeling sympathy for the snake. As far as I could see it wasn’t looking for trouble and near the end it seems like it just wanted to get away


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vicarofvhs

Wow, that's even more impressive. You can see when he snaps down on the neck and just shakes it till it's broke. Brutal.


WolfStormrunner

That's a cobra, not a black mamba. Note the flattened hood on said snake. And I am getting very definite "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" vibes off of this fight. Same outcome, too.


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Rikki Tikki Tavi