The motto of all the mongoose family is, "Run and find out," and Rikki-tikki was a true mongoose.
Rudyard Kipling, Lambert Davis (1992). “Rikki-tikki-tavi”, p.2, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The motto of all the mongoose family is, "Run and find out," and Rikki-tikki was a true mongoose.