Mama cat saves her kittens from cobra
A mother's love can even chase a deadly snake away...
Being approached by snakes is never a welcome visit when you have babies. But can you imagine being visited by a Cobra?
A snake that has no problem getting aggressive with its prey and is known as a highly venomous predator. We understand that the animal kingdom can be cutthroat in more than one aspect, but being a mother in the animal kingdom outweighs being a mother in any other environment.
It works on the premise of killing or being killed. A video from three years ago has resurfaced on social media and shows a mother cat defending her kittens from a Cobra.
In the video, we see the mother cat nestled inside a box inside a building that looks like it is under construction.
As she peeks over the side of the box, she notices a Cobra slithering toward her. Before the snake could move, the mama cat pounced at the cobra. The two began snarling and hissing at one another, and a few more pounces were made.
It was evident that the mother cat was afraid for her kittens, but she kept her guard up and remained composed. The mother cat displayed the ultimate act of motherhood by facing off against a Cobra, and it was amazing to witness.
"There are seven cobra species in southern Africa, plus one subspecies. These well-adapted snakes occur in thick coastal forests in the east, bushveld, and dry regions of the west. In southern Africa, cobras are mostly absent from high-altitude mountainous regions." (African Snake Bite Institute)
Watch the video below - courtesy of Facebook.
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