TED-Ed On the trail of the king cobra -- legendary snake eater

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From: TED Talks Daily - Monday Dec 20, 2021 01:01 pm
On the trail of the king cobra -- legendary snake eater
Face-to-face with the beautiful king cobra

TODAY'S TED TALK

A king cobra bite -- and a scientific discovery

5:33 minutes · TED Fellows: Shape Your Future

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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