--- description: It's a battle of the beasts title: Watch This Brave Mother Rat Save Its Baby From a Snake image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch This Brave Mother Rat Save Its Baby From a Snake by [Tara John](/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 5, 2016 12:38 PM CUT by [Tara John](/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 5, 2016 12:38 PM CUT In a video that has clocked over 17 million views, a rat does what any mother would do when their defenceless brood is in the jaws of a beast: she fights back. In this heated clip by Facebook user Rojas Montecino Evy, a brave mama rat springs to her baby’s rescue as it is carried away by a hungry snake. Let’s just say this furious battle has a happy ending. Watch the full video above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4392991/rat-vs-snake-baby-mother/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4392991/rat-vs-snake-baby-mother/"},"headline":"Watch This Brave Mother Rat Save Its Baby From a Snake","datePublished":"2016-07-05T12:38:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:34:01.505Z","description":"It's a battle of the beasts","url":"https://time.com/4392991/rat-vs-snake-baby-mother/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tara John","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tara-john/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4392991/rat-vs-snake-baby-mother/","name":"Watch This Brave Mother Rat Save Its Baby From a Snake"}}]}] ```