Bronx Zoo closes exhibit after cobra slinks away

[Napoleon54]

The Bronx Zoo closed its reptile house exhibit over the weekend after workers discovered a highly poisonous Egyptian cobra was missing from its enclosure.

The snake's disappearance prompted zoo officials to immediately shut down the reptile house late Friday until further notice "out of an abundance of caution," a statement said.

"We are confident that the snake," an adolescent, 20-inch-long cobra, "is contained in a non-public, isolation area within the building," it said, adding that snakes are known to prefer enclosed spaces to open areas.

A zoo spokeswoman said the snake remained missing as of Sunday.

Visitors to the zoo and its website were informed that the World of Reptiles exhibit was closed.

The Egyptian cobra is a venomous snake found in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. It can grow to 6 to 8 feet in length.

(Reporting and writing by Chris Michaud; Editing by Steve Gorman) Link (http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/27/us-cobra-escape-idUSTRE72Q2HT20110327)

Hey snake, congrats on escaping the enclosure. But you're still stuck in the Bronx, sucka!

edit: fixed link

[nickel]

"The Egyptian cobra is a venomous snake" :eye:

Did they find it???!!!!

[Napoleon54]

"The Egyptian cobra is a venomous snake" :eye:

Did they find it???!!!!

Apparently not yet, but at the moment it has nearly 36k followers on Twitter (http://twitter.com/BRONXZOOSCOBRA).

[DarkFury]

Someone is being an "asp" in not finding this snake. :hehehmm:

[nickel]

Someone is being an "asp" in not finding this snake. :hehehmm:
YES! I hope it doesn't bite anyone or anything :eek:

[Markel]

It was found in the reptile house. Case closed.

[Kevster]

From her twitter feed:

"I do speak Parseltongue, but with a thick Bronx accent."

"Not a fan of G.I. Joe"

:lmfao:

[cruelpupet]

At least the zoo will get an influx of cash from everyone visiting the snake now.

[Napoleon54]

From her twitter feed:

"I do speak Parseltongue, but with a thick Bronx accent."

"Not a fan of G.I. Joe"

:lmfao:

:stupid:

"Good morning! I'm up and bright eyed and bushy...well, I'm tailed."

"Getting my morning coffee at the Mudtruck. Don't even talk to me until I've had my morning coffee. Seriously, don't. I'm venomous."

This snake is hilarious! :heh:

[nickel]

At least the zoo will get an influx of cash from everyone visiting the snake now.
hmmmmm, yes... :shifty:

[Napoleon54]

At least the zoo will get an influx of cash from everyone visiting the snake now.

Good point, maybe they should let snakes escape more often.

[nate el bueno]

or maybe a lion or two.

[cruelpupet]

why stop at lions, why not release all the animals and maybe we can spray "we did it" and some sort of insignia everywhere

[Butch]

From her twitter feed:

"I do speak Parseltongue, but with a thick Bronx accent."

"Not a fan of G.I. Joe"

:lmfao:

You should also check out the @cobracommander feed

[Napoleon54]

Apparently the snake was caught some days ago. link (http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/wpix-missing-bronx-cobra-captured,0,325952.story)

Get your merchandise here (http://shop.cafepress.com/bronx-cobra). Looks like it's all discounted now.

[DarkFury]

Ok.. this is like "wow... oh wow". It has taken on a life of its own now. :D

[cruelpupet]

Uh-huh. In the eighteenth century, no such thing, nada, nothing. No one ever imagined such a thing. No sane person, anyway. Ah! Ah! Along comes this doctor, uh, uh, uh, Semmelweis, Semmelweis. Semmelweis comes along. He's trying to convince people, well, other doctors mainly, that's there's these teeny tiny invisible bad things called germs that get into your body and make you sick. Ah? He's trying to get doctors to wash their hands. What is this guy? Crazy? Teeny, tiny, invisible? What do you call it? Uh-uh, germs? Huh? What? Now, cut to the 20th century. Last week, as a matter of fact, before I got dragged into this hellhole. I go in to order a burger in this fast food joint, and the guy drops it on the floor. Jim, he picks it up, he wipes it off, he hands it to me like it's all OK. "What about the germs?" I say. He says, "I don't believe in germs. Germs is just a plot they made up so they can sell you disinfectants and soaps." Now he's crazy, right? See?

[nate el bueno]

somehow 20 bucks for a t-shirt doesn't seem discounted to me.

[Markel]

Well, the cobra now has an official name: Mia (a play on M.I.A.):
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20110407/D9MEUKT80.html

[Napoleon54]

Well, the cobra now has an official name: Mia (a play on M.I.A.):
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20110407/D9MEUKT80.html

Like Marsellus Wallace's wife? Keepers best keep their H hidden so she don't go snorting it.