‘I wanted every Kannadiga to feel proud of the king cobra’
The HinduIt all started with a snake bite back in 2005. “Though we had a slight idea that Thai king cobra antivenom did not work on Indian king cobras, it was proved by this incident,” he says. Four species Shankar’s near-death experience got him wondering why the antivenom did not work since the species of king cobra from India was thought to be the same as the one in Thailand. coming into India and all the way to the Western Ghats,” he says, adding that because they became geographically isolated, the king cobra evolved into at least four separate species over time. “King cobras might be eating at least 30 species of other snakes,” explains Shankar, adding that these animals also exhibit cannibalistic behaviour, preying on smaller members of their own species.
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