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    The story is about a mongoose that is washed up on the side of a family’s house and is taken in. The name of this mongoose was Rikki-Tikki who comes against enemies in the garden of the house was take into. Eventually this mongoose ends up killing three snakes. I Believe when killing the first snake he felt proud. Rikki protected his “owner” Teddy. He had the right to be proud of himself after saving a life. The family was also very proud for saving their son. (pg. 21) The next snake that Rikki

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    Rikki Tikki Tavi

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      Nag is a 8ft long snake with a symbol on his hood who he say he got it from god. Rkki found Darzee while he was sniffing around he heard a very sorrowful voice how was Darzee and his wife.  Since there were snakes in the garden stayed since each mongoose wants to be a household pet.Even though he was almost killed by Nagaina‚ Nag’s wife who looks exactly like him.

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    Mummified Mongooses

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    Mongoose Questions” The average life expectancy of a mongoose in captivity is 20 years. Mummified mongooses have been found in ancient Egyptian tombs. Mongooses are primarily found in Africa. Other places they are found are Southern Asia and the Iberian Peninsula. Species have been introduced to Hawaii and the West Indies. The dwarf mongoose is usually about 7 inches and the Egyptian mongoose is about 2 feet long. They weigh from 11 ounces to 11 pounds. They usually have brown or gray grizzled

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    Rikki Tikki was a mongoose. He had a really fluffy nose‚ bushy tail and was more like a weasel than mongoose. When ever Mongoose got upset‚ angry‚ or felt challenged their eyes would be blood shot red in a second. Well enough information here is a little story about Rikki- Tikki- Tavi and his journey through the Bungalow! One hot summer day as Rikki Tikki was resting a high summer flood washed washed him out of the burrow where him‚ his father‚ and mother all lived. Everyday he would drag himself

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    portrays a mongoose in his story “Rikki Tikki Tavi”. In “Rikki Tikki Tavi”‚ it is about a mongoose who gets washed up‚ but gets saved when a father and his son find the mongoose’s unconscious body on the ground. They bring him inside their house‚ rap him up in a blanket‚ and heats him up. He becomes conscious again and runs around‚ and since they saved him‚ he acts like a pet to them. He eventually sees two birds up in the trees yapping about the cobras. And then the cobras try to kill the mongoose for

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    Meerkat Research Paper

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    suricatta The meerkat‚ Suricata suricatta‚ is a miniature mammal belonging to the mongoose family. They belong to the order Carnivora‚ and they are classified in their own family the Herpestidae. They were formerly included within the Viverridae‚ a very old carnivore family that includes civets and genets. (Encyclopaedia Britannica‚ 2013) Mongooses have long bodies‚ four short legs‚ and long tails. Many kinds of mongooses live alone while others live in small groups. Meerkats live together in large

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    Rikki Tiki Theme Essay

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    when Rikki is found by Teddy and his family. Rikki is revived by the father after having been swept up by a flood and losing consciousness. Had Teddy not been curious enough to wander about and find the seemingly dead mongoose or tell his parents that he had found a ‘dead’ mongoose‚ Rikki would not have gotten revived by Teddy’s father and would have surely been devoured or attacked by a snake or some other animal while he lay unconscious on the ground. Teddy’s curiosity helped to save Rikki’s life

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    Response Of Rikki Tavi

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    bungalow found him. Teddy‚ the son‚ thought he was dead but his father picked him up and took him home anyway. The family gave him a bath and fed him. It turned out that Rikki was actually alive. Rikki knew not to eat too much or else he would be a slow mongoose. Rikki knew instantly that this new family was kind and caring. In the passage it states‚ "...So they wrapped him in cotton wool‚ and warmed him over a little fire‚ and he opened his eyes and sneezed." A little after this

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    characterization to show how a character is described. We understand characters in literature by paying attention to what they say‚ what they do‚ and how other characters react to them. The story‚ "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi‚" by Rudyard Kipling‚ is the story of how a mongoose‚ Rikki-Tikki‚ is taken into the home of a family living under a big bungalow in Segowlee cantonment. While exploring their garden‚ he comes across two tailorbirds‚ Darzee and his wife. Darzee and his wife explain that when one of their babies had

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    Bravery and Cowardness

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    differences. Chuchu is very cowardly‚ while Rikki is quite brave but Chuchu is very sharp in things like the two cobras Nag and Nagaina. Chuchu likes to stay out of things that may cost his life‚ he is very wise to do that but Rikki is a very curious mongoose so he goes sniffing around for danger. In one point of the story Chuchu helps Rikki by telling Rikki that “Cannot you hear Rikki-tikki” “a noise as faint as that of a wasp on a window-pane‚ -- the dry scratch of a snake’s scales on brick-work. “That

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