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TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan firefighters caring for a foot-
long viper tossed a tiny mouse in the cage as a snack but
then watched as the mouse turned mighty and killed the
snake. The furry little rodent skirted in and out of range
of the snake's gaping jaws and long fangs, darted in for
a bite, then skittered away, constantly on the attack. At
the end of a fierce 30-minute battle at the Nanoun fire
station, the snake was dead and the mouse had "barely a
scratch on him," one fireman told The Daily Telegraph.

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