Seems the Bronx Zoo has a minor snake problem...

[Terry Allan Hall]

a 20-inch long Egyptian cobra is AWOL...this could get interesting!

 

[pugsandkids]

Ruh roh...

 

[Yvonne G]

My neighbor told me that, but I had assumed they found it. Do you mean to tell me that the snake hasn't been captured yet?

OMG!!!

 

[Terry Allan Hall]

My neighbor told me that, but I had assumed they found it. Do you mean to tell me that the snake hasn't been captured yet?

OMG!!!

Not as of 3pm...the experts at the zoo feel like it'll likely turn up sometime this summer...

A 20-inch long snake can hide in a lot of places.

 

[ChiKat]

Yikes, how did that happen??

 

[Yvonne G]

Heads should roll!! Here in our town, we have a policy that two keepers must be present when opening the venomous snake exhibits.

 

[John]

that things been loose since friday evening.

 

[Terry Allan Hall]

Yikes, how did that happen??

I think it escaped last Friday...or at least that's when they noticed it was missing.


Elusive cobra gone missing at Bronx Zoo now has more than 10,000 followers on Twitter
BY Barry Paddock and Lore Croghan
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

Originally Published:Monday, March 28th 2011, 5:02 PM
Updated: Tuesday, March 29th 2011, 2:33 AM
Alvarez/News

Many visitors to the zoo today hoped to see the cobra recovered. It could be weeks before an escaped cobra is captured at the Bronx Zoo, officials said Monday.

Despite searches of the Reptile House, animal specialists have not found the pencil-thin snake missing since Friday.

And they're not sure when that will change.

"Right now, it's the snake's game," the zoo said in a statement. "At this point, it's just like fishing; you put the hook in the water and wait. Our best strategy is patience, allowing her time to come out of hiding."

Zoo workers are confident the venomous Egyptian cobra is still in the Reptile House, but it's probably too freaked out by all the equipment to move a muscle.

They expect that as the snake gets more comfortable, it will venture out for food and water and be caught.

The fanged fugitive might be keeping ophidiophobes away from the Bronx - but some folks were drawn to the zoo because of the cold-blooded drama.

Donna Henson of Atlanta made a special stop Monday, hoping she would be on the scene if the snake was nabbed.

"I'm an animal lover," said Henson, 55. "I love them all, even snakes."

Her brother, Frank Cioffi, 56, accompanied her - reluctantly.

"I'm not crazy about snakes," he confessed. "I'm a little anxious. But this is my sister's birthday present."

"It's exciting. I'm not scared at all," said Yves Chardonnet, 39, a tourist from Paris.

But he had to talk a friend into joining him. "Of course, I'm scared," said the pal, Alain Coat, 38. "You don't want to be bitten."

Meanwhile, an anonymous wit opened a Twitter account in the name of "an Egyptian cobra out on the town" that quickly drew more than 10,000 followers.

"Dear NYC, Apples and snakes have gone together since the beginning," it tweeted.



Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local...excited_as_reptile_house_c.html#ixzz1I2P0Mlk4

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Thank God they found it, never left the building!