A 20-inch cobra slithered out of its cage in the Bronx Zoo this weekend, forcing the exhibit to close while workers searched for the venomous serpent, officials said.
The adolescent Egyptian cobra went missing from an off-exhibit enclosure sometime in the afternoon and zookeepers quickly closed off the Reptile House, officials said.
Workers canvassed the building, eying several closed-in spaces that the reptile would naturally be drawn to coil inside, officials said.
The snake – native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula – was not recovered as of yet, officials said.
The section will remain closed to the public until it is found.
{NY Daily News/Matzav.com}
Is it part of the revolution in Egypt?
that takes the bronx zoo off the chol hamoed trip!
It gives me another reason to stay out of the Bronx.
yikes
should we be scared here in Brooklyn?
Wouldn’t it be prudent for the zoo to close until this dangerous snake is located?
This is the latest Israeli terrrrrorist plot against humanity.
Yup, I vanished the glass again….
tov shebinechashim….tov shebemitzreem-netotz es roishoi.
What’s taking these zoo “experts” so long to find & capture the snake? If they indeed have no idea where it is, how can they be sure it didn’t escape outside the snake pavilion thus endagering everybody?! Total incompetance! This is our tax dollars, hard at work!
Don’t get hit by a car crossing the street to get away from the snake.
I think it had babies in my backyard here in the Bronx. I walk outside and there are tiny snakes crawling through my lawn.
for 12. realy
egypt getting back isreal from shark attack LOL
Why is everyone picking on this poor snake? According to the article it’s an “adolescent” – that is, a teenager. Don’t all teenagers want to take risks, see the world?
Believe me, the snake is in far more danger of being run over by a New York driver than anyone else is of being bitten.
Great! Now there are THREE of them up for sale on ebay!