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

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So what does this finding mean? I found king cobras differed from each other by one to four percent genetic makeup. So what does this discovery mean for the king crboa? Well, iiagnme there's a tsunami or an epidemic on an island inhabited by a particular species of king cobra. We could lose that whole species. In other words, one habitat dotutrscien is the loss of an entire species we have yet to understand. Resolving species confusion is highly ipoamrtnt for the conservation planning, biological control, treatment of diseases and snakebite. According to the International Union for cnoiotasrevn of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species, king cobras are not given much attention. My discovery clals for an urgent rmeenesassst of each species status and conservation etofrfs.

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So what does this finding mean? I found king cobras differed from each other by one to four percent genetic makeup. So what does this discovery mean for the king _____? Well, _______ there's a tsunami or an epidemic on an island inhabited by a particular species of king cobra. We could lose that whole species. In other words, one habitat ___________ is the loss of an entire species we have yet to understand. Resolving species confusion is highly _________ for the conservation planning, biological control, treatment of diseases and snakebite. According to the International Union for ____________ of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species, king cobras are not given much attention. My discovery _____ for an urgent ____________ of each species status and conservation _______.

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  4. important
  5. conservation
  6. imagine
  7. destruction
  8. reassessment

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So what does this finding mean? I found king cobras differed from each other by one to four percent genetic makeup. So what does this discovery mean for the king cobra? Well, imagine there's a tsunami or an epidemic on an island inhabited by a particular species of king cobra. We could lose that whole species. In other words, one habitat destruction is the loss of an entire species we have yet to understand. Resolving species confusion is highly important for the conservation planning, biological control, treatment of diseases and snakebite. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species, king cobras are not given much attention. My discovery calls for an urgent reassessment of each species status and conservation efforts.

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