# A king cobra bite -- and a scientific discovery

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Fellows: Shape Your Future
- Speaker: Gowri Shankar
- Year: 2021
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/gowri_shankar_a_king_cobra_bite_and_a_scientific_discovery)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [A king cobra bite -- and a scientific discovery](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/gowri_shankar_a_king_cobra_bite_and_a_scientific_discovery/71c495ab1edb), 6 min (TED's player)