Kaa holds a disliking for Khan, seeing him as a hypocrite and believing the act of killing for pleasure-as opposed to survival-to be dishonorable.

Such fear, however, does not resonate with the unofficial ruler of the jungle, Shere Khan the tiger. This is evidenced when the usually composed and fearless Bagheera was visibly terrified and pleaded with him when the panther stopped him from eating Mowgli. A powerful and dangerous ability, Kaa is a feared inhabitant of the jungle. He furthers this by the use of his iconic ability to hypnotize his prey with his eyes, rendering them enchanted and under his command. He speaks with a soft, often entrancing tone to either lure his victims into a weary, dreamlike state or manipulate them into bestowing their trust, only to devour them unexpectedly. Kaa is a sly, devious Indian Rock Python. You can't trust anyone!” ―Kaa using Mowgli's words against him Sterling Holloway, Kaa's voice actor, also brought his own essence to the character by using a lisped voice. Due to the popularity of the character among the developers, he was given another scene and his own song ('Trust in Me', a recycled and revised version of ' The Land of Sand', a scrapped song from 1964's Mary Poppins), this time animated by Milt Kahl. He was animated by Frank Thomas in his entrance appearance where he first met Mowgli and nearly ate him. When the characters were adapted in the film, Walt Disney did not like the idea of a benevolent snake and so Kaa was given an antagonistic role that would serve as one of the many reasons why Mowgli must leave the jungle. In Kipling's books, Kaa was Mowgli's wise mentor, akin to Baloo and Bagheera, and was very protective of him. 3.1 Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1994).

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