When two small white mice are dropped into a snake enclosure at a Chinese zoo, it's sad - but predictable - what will eventually happen.
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.
It jumped onto the reptile's head as it prepared to devour the litte creature, hopping on and off.
It sniffed and scurried around its rigid friend and continued to jump onto the snake's head.
But sadly his valiant efforts were in vain, as before long the snake, which had just woken from a long hibernation and subsequent fast, had swallowed the little creature whole.