The Bronx Zoo is missing a cobra. The poisonous snake has not been seen since Friday. It still hasn’t returned after four days so we can assume it’s not just taking a long weekend with the kids at nearby Fordam University. Zookeepers maintain the critter is still lurking in the nooks and crannies of the Reptile House, but the snake seems to have taken a downtown 2 Train or 5 Train at the nearby East Tremont Avenue/West Farms Square subway station.
The venomous varmint is clearly an adolescent. Proof: she has a cell phone, and she’s on Twitter. Sample Tweet: “At the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Temple of Dendur really kicks some asp. @BronxZoosCobra”
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March 30, 2011 at 4:08 am
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March 30, 2011 at 1:36 pm
A Clever design.
Your image brought to mind the design of an old original Colonial flag
In the case of the Colonial flag, the snake is a rattler, not a cobra.
But the message is the same:)
March 30, 2011 at 7:28 pm
Bill Angel:
Nice historical reference, but one blogger suggests the theme song of the “Escaped Cobra” story should be “Born Free” rather than “Yankee Doodle.”
March 31, 2011 at 2:06 pm
They will never take me alive #SnakesOnRun #Cobra4evr #LMAO@Man #BustinOut #OnTheLam
March 31, 2011 at 5:38 pm
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March 31, 2011 at 10:23 pm
UPDATE:
“Ssssearch is over: Missing Bronx Zoo cobra found,” Laura T. Coffey, Today.com
“Bronx Zoo Cobra Found Alive,” Elissa Gootman and Corey Kilgannon, New York Times blog.