In the story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” by Rudyard Kipling, Rikki (mongoose) and Nag (king cobra) are mostly different but one of their character traits is similar. Rikki is a smart mongoose, he did not eat Karait (a small poisonous snake) after he killed him. He knew that a full mongoose is a slow mongoose. Whereas Nag showed he was dence when, Rikki was talking to Darzee. Nag could of attacked from behind instead of announcing himself. This shows that, Rikki and Nag are not very similar. Rikki showed he was cunning when, Rikki used Nagaina's eggs as leverage. He smashed all of the eggs except one, and he used the egg to distract Nagaina from Teddy. Nag also showed he was cunning. He curled himself around a water jug in the bathroom so he