Animal Enigmas
TED Radio Hour
The Anti-Venom for King Cobras in India
Gauri could feel the venom from the snake bite seeping throughout his body. The Cobra bag had sort of protected him by stopping the King Cobra's fangs from completely sinking into his flesh. Gauri started thinking, why didn't the anti-venom from Thailand work? And why was developing an anti-venum for King Cobra's in India so hard? For over 185 years, it was assumed that there was only one King Cobra species. But maybe not.
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