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Animal Enigmas

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The Genetic Variation of King Cobras

Herpetologists had suspected there were different kinds of King Cobra species, because some have different stripes. But no one proved it. Gauri collected over 200 samples across their distribution from India all the way to Philippines. Why do you think that the King Cobra has remained such a mystery for so long? "It's really important to understand how different these populations are"

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