Deadly snake, dubbed 'Cobra-dini,' still on the loose at Bronx Zoo

[chicot60]

By New York Post

A POISONOUS Egyptian cobra remained on the loose at the Bronx Zoo on Sunday -- and jittery visitors griped that they hadn't been told about it before entering.
The 50cm-long snake, dubbed Cobra-dini by zoo-goers, escaped from its enclosure at the Reptile House on Friday and has not been seen since.

But "we are confident that the snake is secure within the Reptile House," said zoo director Jim Breheny in a statement.

"When the snake gets hungry or thirsty, it will start to move around the building. Once that happens, it will be our best opportunity to recover it."

The brownish cobra, with a uniquely large, broad head, is among the most venomous reptiles on the planet - its poison can kill a person in fewer than 15 minutes.

Sylvia Cruz, of The Bronx, who was at the zoo with her eight-year-old daughter, Melissa, griped: "They aren't doing a good job of alerting people about it. We went to the Reptile House and found out it was closed.

"It's really scary and makes me want to leave the zoo before something bad happens."




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[mclovin]

I wouldn't even drive by that zoo until I knew it was captured :lol:


By New York Post

A POISONOUS Egyptian cobra remained on the loose at the Bronx Zoo on Sunday -- and jittery visitors griped that they hadn't been told about it before entering.
The 50cm-long snake, dubbed Cobra-dini by zoo-goers, escaped from its enclosure at the Reptile House on Friday and has not been seen since.

But "we are confident that the snake is secure within the Reptile House," said zoo director Jim Breheny in a statement.

"When the snake gets hungry or thirsty, it will start to move around the building. Once that happens, it will be our best opportunity to recover it."

The brownish cobra, with a uniquely large, broad head, is among the most venomous reptiles on the planet - its poison can kill a person in fewer than 15 minutes.

Sylvia Cruz, of The Bronx, who was at the zoo with her eight-year-old daughter, Melissa, griped: "They aren't doing a good job of alerting people about it. We went to the Reptile House and found out it was closed.

"It's really scary and makes me want to leave the zoo before something bad happens."




Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world/deadly-snake-dubbed-cobra-dini-still-on-the-loose-at-bronx-zoo/story-e6frfkui-1226029488343#ixzz1HtMEz6vF

[stman]

Which is why they weren't telling anybody about it. :D

[chicot60]

Update at 4:45 p.m. ET: The adolescent Egyptian cobra, which weighs about 3 ounces, was found in the Reptile House about 9 a.m. ET, Bronx Zoo Director Jim Breheny said at a news conference, ABC News reports. She was "coiled, sort of secluded in a dark corner" of a holding area, a couple of hundred feet from her enclosure.

In a statement, the zoo described her "secure hiding place" as "a non-public, off-exhibit area" that is "an extremely complex environment with pumps, motors and other mechanical systems."

A Reptile House employee used special tongs to nab the creature that had eluded capture for a week.

The snake will be observed and evaluated before being returned to exhibit. The Reptile House will remain closed until then.

By Doug Stanglin
USA TODAY

MyFox5 reports that Wildlife Conservation Society officials are expected to announce shortly that a poisonous Egyptian cobra that was missing at the Bronx Zoo Reptile House has been found.

Officials said earlier that the 20-inch- long snake likely found a safe place within the isolated area of the reptile house and would come out when he got hungry or thirsty.

In the meantime, the Reptile House has remained closed, although it is not at all clear that thousands had been clamoring to get in.

During the search, a cobra that goes by the handle BronxZooCobra popped up on Twitter.

Its most recent entry:

If you see a bag of peanuts inexplicably moving along the ground at Yankee Stadium today. Just ignore it. It's probably nothing.