When two small white mice are dropped into a snake enclosure at a Chinese zoo, it's sad - but predictable - what will eventually happen.
The snakes had just woken from a long hibernation and the little mice were their first meals.
But what spectators weren't expecting was a surprise counter attack from one of the fury underdogs.
This brave little mouse did everything in its power to try to save its companion after it was attacked by a hungry green snake. see more below...