yes it has tanish fur
they do because of their fur
I'm not sure, Mongoose fur is tough and its course, some are soft but, the fur isn't really long enough to make wool ...?
No mongoose have spinal cords, but they are so flexible it's almost not there.
Ichneumon
It is either a meerkat or a mongoose
mongoose
For the mongoose to protect it self it does a back flip, and scares away and unwonted prey.
When the mongoose eats and kills the snake, it knows to stay away from it's head, (Where the venom sack's are), and eat the rest of the body where none of the venom is. If the mongoose is bitten by the snake though, the snake will inject the venom through it's fangs, from the venom sacks, thus killing the mongoose.
I'm not sure about the possum but the mongoose actually eats spitting cobras and other types of snake. The reason why the cobras venom doesn't affect the mongoose is because it has long and thick fur so that the venom stays on top of the skin and doesn't seep into the blood stream.
A male mongoose is called a mongoose
It's weapon is its sharp teeth and it's ability to fluff up its' fur so if a snake strikes, it only gets a mouthful of fur.