Last friday the Bronx Zoo (that would be in New York for those of you unaware)
announced that it was missing an Egyptian Cobra (which is poisonous) from its reptile house. According to the zoo, the 20-inch snake is most likely in the vicinity of the building, which was immediately closed off and is being searched.
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| An Egyptian Cobra. Source: Wikimedia Commons |
The missing snake was fodder for late night comics like David Letterman, and has made a media buzz. However, for the skeptics among us who don't buy the zoo's story that the snake didn't escape into the public, there is now a
Twitter account that is assuming to chronicle the snake's adventures as it roams Manhattan. Proof that the snake's more than 35,000 followers probably didn't have a whole lot to do with themselves today...but entertaining nonetheless.
Update 3/30/11 - As of 4pm BronxZoosCobra has more than 150,000 followers on Twitter. Glad to see that people can have a sense of humor about something like this.
Update 3/31/11 - At 4pm today t
he Bronx Zoo announced that the Cobra, which was missing for seven days, was found in a section of the reptile house which was closed to the public. The snake was found coiled in a dark corner, and will "rest" for a few days before being returned to the exhibit.
Love your title - made me keep reading! I agree with your skepticism - I know snakes like small spaces, but seems like they would have found it by now were it in the building...
ReplyDelete150,000 followers? Don't you wish sometimes that you were a missing snake? I know I do.
ReplyDeleteTom, I am definitely jealous of the snake's Twitter fame, if only we could all have so many "fans"
ReplyDeleteHi great reeading your blog
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