Are mongooses immune to snake venom?

For woodrats, venom immunity is like having a can of Fix-A-Flat in the car: You hope you never need it, but it's handy in a pinch. Woodrat: 1. Snake: 0. ... (Instead of antivenin blood, mongooses possess mutations on their very cells that block snake neurotoxins like a wad of gum in a keyhole.). read more

Mongoose are immune to low quantity of neurotoxic venom fol those of Cobra and krait and other elapid snakes. They have an innate modulated receptors that renders the neurotoxic venom futile,and specialized acetylcholine receptors that render them resistant or immune to snake venom. But Mark it, they are not immune to any hemotoxic or myotoxic venom. read more

Mongooses are one of four known mammalian species with mutations in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor that protect against snake venom. Pigs, honey badgers, hedgehogs, and mongooses all have modifications to the receptor pocket that prevents the snake venom α-neurotoxin from binding. read more

Egyptian mongooses may be even more venom-indifferent than opossums, but alas, their protections don’t seem to be transferable. (Instead of antivenin blood, mongooses possess mutations on their very cells that block snake neurotoxins like a wad of gum in a keyhole.) In this venom-fighting menagerie, woodrats are an exception of sorts. read more