And why was developing an antivenom for king cobras in India so hard?

为什么在印度开发眼镜王蛇抗蛇毒血清如此困难？

As a direct conservation measure, we at Kalinga Foundation rescue king cobras from distressed situations.

作为一项直接的保护措施，我们 Kalinga 基金会将眼镜王蛇从困境中解救出来。

And if you haven't guessed, his obsession is the majestic king cobra.

如果你没有猜到，他的痴迷是雄伟的眼镜王蛇。

As a direct conservation measure, we at Kalinga Foundation rescue king cobra from distress situations.

作为一项直接的保护措施，我们 Kalinga 基金会将眼镜王蛇从危难中解救出来。

For over 185 years, it was assumed that there was only one king cobra species but maybe not.

185 年来，人们一直认为眼镜王蛇只有一种，但事实可能并非如此。

In many places, the king cobra sparks deep fear.

在许多地方，眼镜王蛇引发了深深的恐惧。

Compared with these other venomous snakes, king cobra bites are very, very, very low.

与其他毒蛇相比，眼镜王蛇的咬伤率非常非常低。

There is no antivenom for the Indian king cobra, so I was certain I would die in about 30 minutes.

没有针对印度眼镜王蛇的抗蛇毒血清，所以我确信我会在大约 30 分钟内死去。

So what does this discovery mean for the king cobra?

那么这一发现对眼镜王蛇意味着什么呢？

After eight years of researching the genetic variation of king cobras, Gowri proved there are four king cobra species.

经过八年研究眼镜王蛇的遗传变异，高里证明眼镜王蛇有四种。

There is no antivenom for Indian king cobra, so I was certain I would die in about 30 minutes.

没有针对印度眼镜王蛇的抗蛇毒血清，所以我确信我会在大约 30 分钟内死去。

Herpetologists had suspected there were different kinds of king cobra species because some have different stripes.

爬行动物学家怀疑眼镜王蛇有不同种类，因为有些眼镜王蛇有不同的条纹。

According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species, king cobras are not given much attention.

根据国际自然保护联盟的濒危物种红色名录，眼镜王蛇没有得到太多关注。

I need to gently bring him out, put him in a king cobra bag.

我需要轻轻地把他带出来，把他放进眼镜王蛇袋里。

So they are able to live peacefully with the king cobra.

因此它们能够与眼镜王蛇和平相处。

Gowri has successfully rescued about 400 king cobras.

Gowri已成功救出约400条眼镜王蛇。

For seven years after the bite, I traveled across king cobra habitat in South and Southeast Asia.

被咬后七年，我走遍了南亚和东南亚的眼镜王蛇栖息地。

I found king cobras differed from each other by one to four percent genetic makeup.

我发现眼镜王蛇之间的基因构成存在 1% 到 4% 的差异。

Well, imagine there's a tsunami or an epidemic on an island inhabited by a particular species of king cobra.

好吧，想象一下某个特定种类的眼镜王蛇栖息的岛屿上发生了海啸或流行病。

My research has shown that king cobra is actually four distinct species, not one, as everyone thought.

我的研究表明，眼镜王蛇实际上是四种不同的物种，而不是像大家认为的那样是一种。