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From the Ted Talk by Gowri Shankar: A king cobra bite -- and a scientific discovery

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Fifteen years ago, I was bitten by a king cobra while rescuing it from a hsoue, which otherwise would have been klelid. There is no antivenom for Indian king cbroa, so I was certain I would die in about 30 minutes. The bite was in my hand. The pain was moving up my arm towards the heart. The pain was so excruciating that I actually bgeegd the team to just let me die rather than stay in agony. I remembered I had stocked a few vials of antivenom from Thailand, mnaet for Thailand king cobra, which I decided to experiment with on myself. But the Thai antivenom failed, and we had to stop the treatment.

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Fifteen years ago, I was bitten by a king cobra while rescuing it from a _____, which otherwise would have been ______. There is no antivenom for Indian king _____, so I was certain I would die in about 30 minutes. The bite was in my hand. The pain was moving up my arm towards the heart. The pain was so excruciating that I actually ______ the team to just let me die rather than stay in agony. I remembered I had stocked a few vials of antivenom from Thailand, _____ for Thailand king cobra, which I decided to experiment with on myself. But the Thai antivenom failed, and we had to stop the treatment.

Solution

  1. meant
  2. cobra
  3. killed
  4. house
  5. begged

Original Text

Fifteen years ago, I was bitten by a king cobra while rescuing it from a house, which otherwise would have been killed. There is no antivenom for Indian king cobra, so I was certain I would die in about 30 minutes. The bite was in my hand. The pain was moving up my arm towards the heart. The pain was so excruciating that I actually begged the team to just let me die rather than stay in agony. I remembered I had stocked a few vials of antivenom from Thailand, meant for Thailand king cobra, which I decided to experiment with on myself. But the Thai antivenom failed, and we had to stop the treatment.

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