they would stop it before it killed the snake. the mongoose was scared as fuck. It would back up in the corner and then run around in the little box and bitting the fuck out of the snake. You could tell that all the snakes have already been in fights from all the scars all over its body. The cobra strikes very slow, the mongoose can jump out of they way as the snake is trying to bit him.
Before they show they snake/mongoose fight, there is a guy on stage with a cobra. The cobra is trying to bit him too. I guess the cobra can't see upwards or backwards when he is standing up with his neck flared out. Allowing the man to stand in front of him and reach over top of him and Bitch slap him in the back of the head. He was fucking the snake up. He was smaking it so hard, the snakes face was bouncing off the ground. Eventually the snake started bleeding from his mouth/nose from bouncing off the ground. samething as the mongoose, the snake was striking so slow the guy would just move his foot in time. Just like somebody else said earlier in this thread. The snake can only strike the distance that is equal to the hight he is standing up. If you are not in that distance he can't get you.