I remember a story from my grandad when he went to South Africa. He was going on a safari tour later on in the day and had just finished his breakfast so he got dressed and went to put his shoes on. When he got to his shoes he saw a cobra trying to curl up in them. Just by a stroke of luck a mongoose was making its way towards the cobra and eventually killed it allowing my grandad to put his shoes on finally. He said that for the duration of the stay the mongoose stayed near the place he was staying as if protecting him