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Whiskers twitching, the mouse stares into the jaws of death - and then pounces on them. The little fellow had no intention of being lunch for the deadly viper whose cage he had been thrown into. During a vicious 30-minute struggle the mouse tore at the serpent's head with its tiny paws and jaws, finally killing it.

Face-off: The snake and mouse stare each other down as battle commences

The mouse served up as lunch makes a counter-attack on the viper, leading to a 30-minute fight to the deathThe outcome amazed firemen in Nantou, Taiwan, who had rescued the footlong snake from a local home and taken it to their fire station as a pet. Fireman Lan Sengqiu said the snake might have used up all its venom trying to bite them when they caught it, adding: 'The mouse barely had a scratch on him.' Vipers have a pair of long hollow fangs, that are used to inject venom from glands at the back of the jaw. During a strike the mouth can open to nearly 180 degrees, and jaws snap shut on impact. Death is usually caused by a collapse in blood pressure from the venom. But snakes do have enemies. They can fall prey to large birds, wild boars, mongooses, raccoons, foxes, coyotes, other snakes. . . and apparently mice.

Rajastan's Jodhpur Fort is one of the oldest forts in India. In 1459, Jodha Maharaj built the temple for Chamunda Devi inside the fort. The fort and temple also has a huge attraction of tourists. Right from the day when the temple was built, people of the area and even people from neighbouring stated visit the temple on occasions. The most famous occasion and the festival celebrated there is the Dasara.

This year as the Dasara has started from last Sunday, on the first day as usual there was huge crowd in the temple. There was a huge queue standing for a long distance from the fort. There were 2 queues. One for ladies and children and the other for the gents. As time passed the crowd become much and suddenly in the middle of the gents queue there became some pushing. As it got more serious, one side wall broke off and some devotees went sliding down and fell on their successive persons. Following this all of them rushed out by pushing each other and stamping others. Suddenly there became huge stampede as the people rushed and many were injured. As it was in the mountain at a height of 400 meters, police could not reach soon and carry out the rescue operations. Finally, 150 people were found dead and more than 100 were injured. The bodies of the dead were kept in the entrance of the temple and relatives were seen crying and this incident shook all the devotees present there. The injured people were taken to the Jodhpur government hospital immediately for the treatment.

In the year 2008, this is the 4th incident happening in the same manner. The other 3 incidents are

1. Stampede in the Naina Devi temple in Himachal on August 3rd. 150 people wre dead there.
2. Puri Jagannath temple of Orissa incident took lives of 4 people on 4th July.
3. 8 people were dead in the Janaki Lava-Kusa temple in Madhya Pradesh on March 27th.