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King Cobra is the king of snakes for many reasons. Want to know what they are ?
This pioneering workshop by Gowri Shankar, a king cobra biologist studying king cobras for 20 years, will take you on a deep dive into the secret lives of king cobras.
The annual workshop is timed to match the king cobra breeding season and conducted in the land of kings-Agumbe.
For three whole days, we will delve into the life of king cobras to understand their ecology and research underway.
Highlights :
• King Cobra ecology
• Discussions: Research – past, present & future, people perceptions, myths and plights
• Taxonomical identification
• Activities to understand their ecology
* Day and night herping
• Attend rescue calls(if any) and learn rescue techniques
P Gowri Shankar
Herpetologist,
TEDx Speaker, TEDFellow 2020
Gowri Shankar is a wildlife biologist working on king cobras for close to two decades. He was instrumental in initiating the pioneering radio telemetry study on king cobras and was able to discover the secret life of king cobras.
He is an authority on the ecology of king cobras and has been featured in several wildlife documentaries like the ‘King and I’, ‘Secrets of the King Cobra ‘, ‘Asia’s Deadliest Snake’, and ‘Wildest India’ by BBC, National Geographic Channel, NatGeoWild , Discovery Channel ‘Mysteries of Wild India’ and ‘The Cobra King’ by channels like the BBC, Discovery, NatGeo Wild, Animal Planet, Smithsonian and National Geographic Channel.
He is a PhD student at North Orissa University and former exchange student at Uppsala University, Sweden.
He was awarded the herpetologist of the year-2015 by the Swedish Herpetological Society. He is a TEDFellow 2020 and a TEDx speaker
More about Gowri at : http://pogirigowrishankar.wordpress.com/
ELIGIBILITY
Open to ALL above 18 years.
DETAILS
Venue: Kalinga Centre for Rainforest Ecology, Agumbe
Date: 12th to 14th March 2021.
Maximum participants: 20 only!
Medium: Simple English.
COST
Rs. 9750/-
Includes: Food (Veg and non-veg) & accommodation in tents for all three days and program cost.
Does not include: Travel, transport for rescue calls and personal expenses.