Romulus Whitaker is a herpetologist and a wildlife conservationist. He founded a snake park in India back in 1972 as well as the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust Center for Herpetology. The Madras Crocodile Bank is trying to re-establish multiple species of crocodiles that are close to extinction. In November of 2009 Whitaker gave a talk for TED about the pollution of India waterways and how they are affecting cobra in the area.
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