Pit Bull saves 2 women from deadly cobra,
dies wagging his tail
http://dogsinthenews.com/stories/070301a.php
In my presence (while looking at me), my 16½-year-old mini-Dachshund died of natural causes while wagging its tail. (But had only charged other dogs—and never in an attack on a person).
Similar "heroic" stories are everywhere about Dachshunds—including placing themselves in harm's way with regard to snakes!