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A king cobra bite -- and a scientific discovery | Gowri Shankar

A king cobra bite -- and a scientific discovery | Gowri Shankar

Update: 2021-12-173
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A king cobra has enough venom to kill 10 people in a single bite. Recounting his near-death experience after being bitten by one of these majestic yet deadly snakes, conservationist and TED Fellow Gowri Shankar shares the epiphany he had when the antivenom failed: there's more than one unique species of king cobra.
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A king cobra bite -- and a scientific discovery | Gowri Shankar

A king cobra bite -- and a scientific discovery | Gowri Shankar

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