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Niraj Kumar, Ph.D.

@nirajishaan

Assistant Professor of Zoology, Founder & Director-Bihar Snakebite Initiative, Wildlifer, Naturalist, Spiders, Butterflies, Fishes, Birds, Reptiles. Mammals.

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Joined September 2014
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A beautiful Colisa fasciatus, locally known as Kotra from Turkaulia Lake of East Champaran, Bihar. #ColisaFasciatus #Kotra #OrnamentalFish #Ichthyology #IchthyoFauna #IchthyoDiversity #Fish #Pisces #Fishery #Motihari #Champaran #Bihar @WorldFishCenter @DEFCCOfficial @fish_lines – at Motihari, India
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Rescued from a resedential premises from Motihari town, Bihar & Relocated in a safe habitat. #SaveSnakes #SnakeConservation #Bihar #Champaran #NeglectedTropicalDisease @GlobalSnakebite @icmr_nsp @indiansnakebite @snakebiteindia @IUCNssc @UNBiodiversity
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Why an Indian cobra spread its hood: Learn about the snake’s dramatic display. indianexpress.com/article/li…
Why an Indian cobra spread its hood: Learn about the snake’s dramatic display

Why an Indian cobra spread its hood: Learn about the snake’s dramatic display

Why does the Indian cobra spread its hood? Here's what this dramatic defensive display means!

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Biologists discover why snake embryos always coil to the right

Biologists discover why snake embryos always coil to the right

A 'pillar of gut' is the key.

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Late Night rescue of Common Wolf Snake from Chandmari locality of Motihari on 2nd August.
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Baby Spectacled Cobra rescued on 24th July from Gayatri Nagar, Motihari. @ZOOLOGYLNDC1 @IZFS2 @IZFS2 @DEFCCOfficial
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Golden Tortoise Beetle), Muzaffarpur, Bihar
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Somewhere in VTR.
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Department of Zoology, L.N.D. College, Motihari organized a Nature and Bird Walk on the occasion of International Day for Biological Diversity on 22nd May 2026. youtu.be/HFRpboW3emQ?si=XDQK…
NATURE & BIRD WALK | INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR BIODIVERSITY | ACTING...

NATURE & BIRD WALK | INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR BIODIVERSITY | ACTING...

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Green Road Green Champaran #GreenHaiBihar @DEFCCOfficial
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Calotes versicolor, commonly known as Bloodsucker, Changeable Lizard, Oriental Garden Lizard, Indian Garden Lizard, Common Garden Lizard. (गिरगिट) #Reptilia #Squamata #Sauria #Agamidae #Motihari #Champaran #Bihar
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Media coverage of International Day for Biological Diversity. The Department of Zoology is very thankful to the Principal, College Media Coordinator & Print Media especially BNM (Sh. Niraj Ji) & Prabhat Khabar for giving space in 25th May Motihari Edition
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First World Congress on Snakes, Kandy, SL
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Department of Zoology, L.N.D. College, Motihari organized a Nature and Bird Walk on the occasion of International Day for Biological Diversity on 22nd May 2026 in Gandhi Maidan and its surrounding areas between 6 am to 9.30 am).
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Department of Zoology, L N D College, Motihari is organizing an awareness program on the occasion of International Day for Biological Diversity 2026. The event is a Nature and Bird Walk. #biodiversity
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Karnataka Researchers Develop 2-Minute Snake Venom Test Kit Set To Hit Market Soon

Karnataka Researchers Develop 2-Minute Snake Venom Test Kit Set To Hit Market Soon

A Bengaluru-based biotech team unveils a rapid test kit that identifies venomous snakebites within minutes, aiming to reduce rural deaths and transform emergency treatment.

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Common Cat Snake Valmiki Tiger Reserve, Champaran, Bihar @DEFCCOfficial @moefcc
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Spectacled Cobra from a house, Motihari, Bihar, India
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NHLS restarts antivenom production to save lives from venomous bites in South Africa

The NHLS has resumed antivenom production, releasing its first batch to address the urgent need for effective treatments against venomous bites in South Africa.

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Scientists may have found a panacea for snake bites

Medicine is not helpless. Snake bites can be neutralised with antivenom, but that is often not to hand in the remote parts of the continent.

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Released in a safe habitat after a successful Rescue of Indian Spectacled Cobra. #Backtothewild #Motihari
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