Successful breeding programme for the King Cobra
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(12 Nov 2011)
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Pilikula Biological Park , Mangalore district , Karnataka state, August 30-31,2011
1.Close of King Cobra snake
2.Wide of enclosure for King Cobras at the breeding centre
3.Mid of King Cobra on a tree
4.Close of King Cobra
5.King Cobra sliding into water
6.King Cobras inside the enclosure
7.Various of micro-chip receiver beeping as it identifies the female cobra
8.Wide of King cobras at the breeding centre
9. SOUNDBITE ( English ) :H. Jayaprakash Bhandari , Director , Pilikula Biological park
"First we have identified all the King Cobras. We have micro-chipped all the King Cobras so that in future we can identify the parentage of the King Cobras. Out of that , four have mated , successfully mated and afterwards three have laid eggs in the enclosure."
10.Various of baby cobras moving over egg shells inside the enclosure
11.Top angle of baby cobras inside enclosure
12.Exterior of Snake House where some of the King Cobras are kept
13.Sign board saying ' Snake House'
14.Veterinarian Jithesh Poonadan going into Snake House
15.SOUNDBITE ( Malayalam ) : Jithesh Poonadan , Veterinarian
"Baby King Cobras have by nature very good disease resisting power. So normally they do not require any kind of medical attention. But for the adult ones , if they have wounds or bruises ,they require antibiotic application. Another thing is worms for which special medication is needed."
16.Entrance of Wildlife Research Lab
17.Snake keeper Dinesh Kumar transferring a baby King Cobra from one glass enclosure to another for study
18.Baby King Cobra inside the enclosure
19.Close of baby King Cobra
20.Pull out from baby King Cobra to wide of glass enclosure
21.SOUNDBITE ( English ) : H. Jayaprakash Bhandari , Director , Pilikula Biological park
"Next challenge is how to rear these babies. That's a...actually they don't eat at present. We have to hand feed them. We don't know whether.. in wild how they live, nobody knows. So we are thinking of fifty percent of babies to leave in their natural habitat in the Western Ghat area and remaining we will study in our zoo."
22.Tracking shot of foreign tourists looking at King Cobras inside the enclosure in the Snake House which is open for visitors
23.Paper pasted on the enclosure door reading ( in English ) - 'Baby King Cobras , born on 01.08.2011, First in the World to Breed King Cobra in Captivity'
24.SOUNDBITE ( English ) : Amelia Amin , tourist from U.K.
"In our country we have lots of Zoos but never have we seen a cobra, specially never have we seen a baby. That's really good that it's continuing the species like that - it's a very very good thing. And they have got nice big enclosures so they have a lot of space to move around so it's very good. It seems like they will be happy.. where they are."
25.Snake keeper Dinesh Kumar using a metal rod to lift a baby King Cobra from the tree and putting it on ground
26.Mid of baby King Cobras
27.Close of baby King Cobra
Thiruvananthapuram , Kerala state , November 1
28.SOUNDBITE ( English ) : R. Dileep Kumar , Snake Research Scientist , Kerala University
"We have to conserve the species because it is most ecologically important species. It is already indicated that it is a snake-eater and it is one of the snakes that controls other snakes actually."
Pilikula Biological Park , Mangalore district , Karnataka state ,August 31,2011
29.Mid of King Cobra
30.King Cobra in water
31.Close of King Cobra in water
LEADIN
A wildlife park in India is celebrating after becoming the first in the country to successfully breed King Cobras.
More than 30 of them have already been bred in captivity this year.
STORYLINE
Ophiophagus Hanna or the King Cobra as we know it ,has always inspired awe and fear.
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