This small animal might seem like a run-of-the-mill rodent at first, but its huge back legs can produce kicks hard enough to let it rumble with rattlesnakes looking for a meal.
Video of Kangaroo rats kicking snakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZdBe7-OsMU
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