How can a mongoose survive a cobra’s bite?

You have heard many times about a Snake eater, Mongoose. Snakes are mongoose's prey. Mongoose hunt snakes without any fear.

Amazing. Isn't it?

Do you know, the mongoose's hard work behind their this bravery.

Let's start and learn all about snake's and mongoose's hunting tactics. 

How risky is Snakes Venom?

The venom of a king cobra can kill a person in half an hour.

 In fact, the amount in one bite from a king cobra can kill twenty people: it can deliver about a quarter of a shot glass of venom in one strike, more than any other snake. 

Happily for us, cobras prefer to avoid contact with people; their most common human victims are snake charmers.

Now can imagine, How risky are Snakes.

Now it's time to know about the hunting techniques of snakes.

Let's learn about the different molecules present in snakes venom and What part they affect.

How does snake's Venom affect Human or other animals?

 A king cobra’s venom is a combination of many different types of venom that target different organs, all in one convenient dose. 

One of those venoms is common to many species of snakes: alpha neurotoxin. 

 Alpha neurotoxin exerts its deadly effects where nerves meet muscles (at an ultra-microscopic level) or where one molecule comes into contact with another.

Now your mind have a question; How? 

To now it's answer you have to keep on reading.

How Alpha neurotoxin effects Human or other animals?

Before understanding the effects, we have to first understand the area which snakes effects.

I have told you before that snakes effect us or animals through Alpha Neurotoxin; and effects where there nerves meet muscles or molecules come into contact with another.

Now, Let's basically understand the process in which the nerves meet muscles or molecules come into contact with another.

What's that Process?

Nerves signal muscles to contract. There’s a tiny gap between them, and when an impulse sweeps along the nerve and reaches the end, the nerve releases millions of molecules called neurotransmitters. 

These drift across the gap—a mere millionth of an inch—and plug into special receptors sitting on the surface of the muscle. Then the muscle contracts.

Once that happens, the transmitter molecules have to be cleared away to allow the process to be repeated. There’s another molecule whose job it is to do that.

If this -nerve impulse, transmitter release, muscle contraction, removal of transmitters—weren’t happening all over your body all the time, you couldn’t breathe, much less move.

You have understand well about process. Now it's time to tell you; What problem snakes create in this continues process?

What huddle snakes create?

Alpha neurotoxin targets this usually smooth-running system.

 Like the neurotransmitters, it’s shaped to fit into the receptors on the muscle cell; unlike the transmitters, it doesn’t get removed. 

So as a result, muscle cell will never contract again.

 As the venom spreads through the body, more and more contact points between nerves and muscles are blocked. 

And at the all the nerves and muscles point got blocked and causes death of victim.

It’s also said that even an elephant can be killed by the typical dose of king cobra venom.

Now it's time to understand about the techniques used by a mongoose to prevent himself from Snakes while fighting them.

What did Mongoose do?

Mongoose evolved himself to fight snakes and their venom. 

Now, it's time to know, How and Why they evolved?

Why and How Mongoose Evolved themselves?

Over long periods of time, and with a great debt owed to many dead mongooses, make them evolve.

They changed their receptor molecules, which have made them resistant to venom. 

The venom molecules simply can’t bind to the receptors the way they do with other animals.

Now, Learn their all techniques through a quick list.

Mongoose's Techniques against Snakes?

Before taking fight from snakes, they have made many protective sheild; which are: 

First, speed and thick fur are both protective.

Second, powerful mechanism for self-defense.

Third, highly developed immunity. 

The final weapon, molecular blows and counterblows is antivenom.

What basically final weapon does?

After snakebite,  the antivenom and venom molecules meet in the bloodstream and enter into what becomes a fatal embrace for the venom. 

It can’t escape the antibody, making it impossible for the venom to attach to the muscle receptors, which means life goes on.

After all that hard work, the mongoose holds the upper hand in the evolutionary battle.

Bitter Truth.

 But the fact that the cobra’s venom contains so many different molecules with wildly different micro-architectures leaves the door open for one of those molecules to mutate into a deadlier form. When that happens, the tide will begin to turn.

Did you Know?

Ironically, the king cobra is resistant to other snake's venom. 

Why?

 Because snakes are the cobra’s primary prey and it has to be protected against them.

Final King is 

King Kobra 

Conclusion

King is always who know to tackle everything situation.

 It is also applicable to Humans also, if you know how to tackle situation with patience.

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